zakanshiki teien 座観式庭園

Lit. "seated appreciation style garden." A modern term designating gardens meant to be seen or "appreciated" from a fixed and seated position, usually from inside a building or from its veranda. Unlike the scroll style garden *kaiyūshiki teien 回遊式庭園, or tea garden *roji 露地, which are entered the zakanshiki teien *karesansui 枯山水, and most *jōge nidanshiki teien 上下二段式庭園 are meant to be viewed from a seated perspective.