A Study of “KYOKUSUI”

Abstract

This report is first one about the study of “KYOKUSUI”.“KYOKUSUI”, is regarded to have appeared at the“Chin”period in China, and then it was transmitted to Korea and Japan. In Japan, from ancient times to the middle ages and modern times, “KYOKUSUI” was treated as an annual event. It was held at the court by nobilities and generals on the 3rd of March.
We can get many documents about the event of “KYOKUSUI”, but cannot know the style of garden where the event was held. Only an imaginaly picture was drawn in the middle ages or in the modern times about “RANTEI-KYOKUSUI-EN” that was a famous feast of “KYOKUSUI” in China. These records and other evidence have suggested that man sat in front of winding stream at the feast of“KYOKUSUI”.
Last year, I observed the ruins of“KYOKUSUI”at the“Tang”, “Sung”and“Ming”period in China, and the“Sinra”period in Keishe, Korea. So I could study the character of “KYOKUSUI”by the comparison with“RYUTEN”, the ruins of the“Edo”period at “KOURAKUEN” in Okayama. It is concluded that“KYOKUSUI” has a character of independent facility.