ryuusuishiki chisen　流水式池泉

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. flowing water style of pond and stream. A type of water feature in a garden that includes a curving water course. The word nagare 流, the alternate reading of 流 ryuu (flow), is often used to describe the serpentine streams in Japanese gardens of all periods and styles. For instance, the 11c garden manual *SAKUTEIKI 作庭記, described the curving stream in shinden style gardens *shinden-zukuri teien 寝殿造庭園, as "resembling the track left by a crawling serpent."

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* chisen kaiyuushiki teien 池泉回遊式庭園, *chisen kanshoushiki teien 池泉観賞式庭園, *chisen shuuyuushiki teien 池泉舟遊式庭園

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