Abstract
This study is based on the analysis of two biographies of Kobori Enshû, the famous landscape designer from the early 17th century. Our purpose is not only to try to understand the work of Kobori Enshû but also to think about the way the two biographers, Shigemori Mirei and Mori Osamu were thinking about Japanese history. If their interpretations differ on Kobori Enshû's works, one shall see in this article that both of them take over the life and work of this exceptional character in order to elaborate their own history of Japanese gardens.
