chisen kaiyūshiki teien 池泉回遊式庭園

Lit. pond stroll style garden. A type of pond garden in which one walks around the pond. The most common kind of large stroll style garden *daikaiyūshiki teien 大回遊式庭園, this type of garden includes Heian period shinden style gardens *shinden-zukuri teien 寝殿造庭園, Edo period daimyō gardens *daimyō teien 大名庭園, and many modern Japanese style gardens Nihon teien 日本庭園 in Japan and the West. The central focus is the pond, although in most cases artificial hills *tsukiyama 築山, large hedges karikomo 刈込, expansive lawns, pavilions, and miniature landscape *shakkei 借景, are included to present a series of changing vistas.