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Architecture
Gardens
An abbreviation of fusen no chōzubachi 布泉の手水鉢. A type of water basin, *chōzubachi 手水鉢. The best example of the fusen is found in the tea garden, *roji 露地, of the San'unshō 山雲床 at Kohōan 孤篷庵, Daitokuji 大徳寺 in Kyoto; the design is attributed to Kobori Enshū 小堀遠州 (1579-1647). The basin is round, with a square depression for water in the center. The Chinese characters 布 and 泉, pronounced fu and sen in Japanese, are carved to the left and right of the central water pool. The word fusen refers to copper coins circulated in the Northern Zhou Province of China.