Hikone, Japan - Teahouse at Genkyu-en Garden
Teahouse at Genkyu-en (Genkyuen) Garden, situated at the foot of the castle at Hikone, a city at the eastern edge of Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture, central Japan. The park contains a sprawling villa built in the Chinese Tang Dynasty style in 1677 for Naooki Ii, the fourth lord of Hikone. This card (and the one which follows - see 11008068) were printed from an identical plate (prior to hand-tinting), albeit reversed! This card shows the CORRECT orientation of the scene
Picture No
11008067
Media ID
46523104
Size
5328px x 3393px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard (1/2)
Date
circa 1909
