Keywords
Architecture
Gardens
Also written 苑池. Lit. garden pond. The large ponds in gardens of the Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods. Specifically, the ponds in shinden style *shinden-zukuri 寝殿造, Pure Land jōdo 浄土 and *banchi ばん池 gardens are referred to as enchi. Representative examples include the garden ponds at Byōdōin 平等院 in Kyoto, Mōtsūji 毛越寺 in Iwate Prefecture, and Eihōji 永保寺 in Gifu Prefecture.