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A tea house and garden in a retainer's grounds, its path laid so the slope looks untouched.
About this place
Kandenan is a tea house associated with Matsudaira Fumai Harusato, in the mountain villa of the Arisawa family, former chief retainers of the Matsue Domain, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. A National Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty. Kandenan, Kogetsutei and the bath house within the villa are designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan. It is a hermitage-style tea house built in the mountain villa of the chief retainer Arisawa family around 1792 (4th year of Kansei) in the middle of the Edo period, to a design by the 7th lord of the Matsue Domain, Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai). The roof is a hip-and-gable thatched country-house style, and the floor plan is one and three-quarters tatami with a middle board.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1792 Architect / artist：Matsudaira Fumai Highlights / collection：Garden of scenic beauty, Thatched tea house Genre：Architecture, Outdoor art and land art
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