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10/01/2011

Hakoniwa landscape garden

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Hakoniwa 箱庭 landscape garden

A miniature landscape garden, prepared in a box or basin with tiny plants, stones, miniature houses, miniature bridges, etc.
It lends a feeling of coolness to a room in summer.

. Ikebana and Kigo .

Hakoniwa is a kind of ikebana, where people living in mansions can enjoy a bit of nature in a tiny version.


hakoniwa gangu 箱庭玩具 toy tools for a landscape garden



The figures can be most delicate for grown-ups to enjoy.




Or they can be simple, of plastic, for children to play.


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- ABC - List of Hakoniwa toys from the Prefectures

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. . . . . . . . . . Tochigi
Sano town 佐野市


hakoniwa gangu 箱庭玩具 toys for a miniature garden
hakoniwa buhin 箱庭部品 parts for a miniature garden

Made by Aizawa Ichitaro 相沢市太郎 from local clay.

Sano Genzaemon 佐野源左衛門 legendary samurai of the Kamakura period
(now also a figure of the Kabuki theater)

He is said to have a favorite planter bowl with a small plum, pine and cherry tree, which he burned on a cold day to keep his lord warm, Hojo Tokiyori 北条時頼.

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箱庭に置く夢殿のなかりけり
hakoniwa ni oku Yumedono no nakari keri

alas there is no
"Hall of Dreams" I could put
in my landscape garden . . .


Nakata Go 中田剛 (1943 - )


. WKD - Ikebana .





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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .


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