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6.   The garden of the former Daijoin Temple

There is a palace at the west of the garden and a pond with the island located at the east and this is called a style of stroll garden with a pond which had been popular among the nobles from the 12^th century.

Zenami who attended on 8^th shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436-1490) and known as the master gardener designed this garden that has been known as the best garden in capital city, Nara.

It was recorded in the book Jinson wrote that representative nobles gathered to enjoy Noh performances after the reconstruction.

In the garden there was a tea room named Gansuitei (Hassouan, now exists in the Nara National Museum) which was favored Furuta Oribe, the warrior and tea practitioner and disciple of Sen Rikyu and they had held the tea gatherings.

It was said 3 tea room in Yamato (ancient name of Nara) Gansuitei, Rokusouan (now exists in the Tokyo National Museum) and Okiroku (been destroyed after reconstructed in Tokyo).

Furuichi Harimanokami Choin, the first disciple of the tea master Murata Shuko was the liegeman for Daijoin in where the cultural gatherings were held.