fusen　布泉

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

An abbreviation of fusen no chouzubachi 布泉の手水鉢. A type of water basin *chouzubachi 手水鉢. The best example of the fusen is found in the tea garden *roji 露地 of the San'unshou 山雲床 at Kohouan 孤篷庵, Daitokuji 大徳寺 in Kyoto; the design is attributed to Kobori Enshuu 小堀遠州 (1579-1647). The basin is round, with a square depression for water in the center. The Chinese characters 布 and 泉, pronounced fu and sen in Japanese, are carved to the left and right of the central waterpool. The word fusen refers to copper coins circulated in the Northern Zhou province of China.

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*zenigata mizubachi 銭形水鉢

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