A Study on the Maintenance of Garden Planting in the Heian and Kamakura Period

Abstract

The author studied how they were maintaining the garden planting in the Heian and Kamakura period, by means of reading diaries, essays, tales, stories, etc. The main conclusions were as follows ;(1) the official title of the man who maintained the garden planting, (2) the methods of maintenance, (3) the methods of providing a garden with plants, (4) the types of facilities for protecting garden plants.