The Restoration Study of the Scenery Viewed from “The Heije-kyo, Sa-kyo, 3-jo, 2-bo, 6-no-tsubo, Palace Garden”

Abstract

This study is concerning to the restoration of “The Heijo-kyo, Sa-kyo, 3-jo, 2-bo, 6-no-tsubo, Palace Garden Site” which was the ancient garden excavated in 1979 by Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute, and is concerning to the reappearance of the scenery viewed from the Garden.
The whole of this study consists of seven sections.
The first section provides the outline of the result of the excavation study in this site.
And the restoration of the locations and the heights of the shelters, the restoration of the eye levels and eye points in the structures, and the restoration of the viewed objects, are provided in the Section-2, 3, 4.
The reappearance of the scenery viewed from the restored structures are mentioned in the Section-5.
Section-6 refers the conclusion of this study, that the structures were divided into two types; using for only garden party and viewing the eastern scenery and the garden.
The final Section; the repletion of this study, refers the difference between the scenery viewed from this Garden and the so called “Shakkei”. “Shakkei”; the technique of the visual connection between the garden and the outside scenery, is generally said to appear in the beginning of modern ages when the garden design and construction was completed. As the age is different, the economic developments and social situations of them are different from each other. There is also the difference of human being's consciousness to the “Nature” between these ages. So the mere scenery viewed from this Palace Garden is not regarded in the same light with “Shakkei”.