ryūchishiki teien 竜池式庭園

Keywords
Architecture
Gardens

Lit. "dragon pond style." A type of garden featuring a sharply curving pond reminiscent of a dragon's serpentine body. Good examples include the Kamakura period garden ponds at Tōkōji 東光寺 in Yamanashi Prefecture, and Kenchōji 建長寺 in Kanagawa Prefecture.