2010 Volume 73 Issue 5 Pages 355-358
Teiji Uchida,a doctor in Hamamatsu City during the Meiji period wrote volumes of diary named Meiji-nenchu-zatsuroku, which includes concrete explanations and records about the construction of his own garden. The construction of the garden started in Meiji 20th and nearly completed in 24th. The majority of the garden plants were purchased in the neighborhood. Noticeably, the cherry trees were transplanted from the neighboring private garden. The record about the engaged people and pay proves the situation of the apprenticeship in gardening business at the time. The research on a gardener Niwahei that took a leading part in construction, his other garden projects, and the comparison between the other gardens of doctors' offices in the district clarified the cultural character of the gardens in Hamamatsu in the middle of the Meiji period.