Show an ancient tokyo garden the year old gen garden formerly privately owned was donated to the tokyo municipality A striking feature of the 23 acre beauty spot is its big pond w a usual arrangements of rocks and trees centered by the elysian isle the garden laid out about 1700 around the villa of yoshiyasu Yosl yasu feudal lord of kawagoe follows the elaborate pattern worked out by its owner A gifted classical scholar yoshiyasu Yosl yasu set out to cepro duce the many scenic places referred to in the ancient poems he had read arbors tea houses rare plants and trees as welt well as gifts from neigh bov i ney barons went into gen it is said that yasu built in miniature some 88 gar den scenes described in his favorite favorita poems |