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Meishoji Temple Garden - Myohosan Meishoji is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji school located near Hikone Castle. During the Edo period, the poet Matsuo Basho visited, and the garden that Basho wrote in haiku is a scenic spot designated by Hikone City. Originally Meishoji was a temple of the Tendai sect. After that, it converted to Jodo Shinshu and moved to his present location in 1599. In the 1600s the chief priest studied under Basho who visited the temple in 1691 and wrote ”Inakoki no Mamamedeshi” - “Is it the fallen leaves in the garden?” The poem was written while looking at the Ikezumi strolling garden that still remains today. The age of the garden is unknown, but it was at least in the early Edo period when Basho visited. Nakanoshima and an artificial hill are located in the U-shaped pond, and stonework can be seen on the island and the seawall. The main tree, plum, was hand-planted by Kono Riyu and is about 300 years old.

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Meishoji Temple Garden - Myohosan Meishoji is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji school located near Hikone Castle. During the Edo period, the poet Matsuo Basho visited, and the garden that Basho wrote in haiku is a scenic spot designated by Hikone City. Originally Meishoji was a temple of the Tendai sect. After that, it converted to Jodo Shinshu and moved to his present location in 1599. In the 1600s the chief priest studied under Basho who visited the temple in 1691 and wrote ”Inakoki no Mamamedeshi” - “Is it the fallen leaves in the garden?” The poem was written while looking at the Ikezumi strolling garden that still remains today. The age of the garden is unknown, but it was at least in the early Edo period when Basho visited. Nakanoshima and an artificial hill are located in the U-shaped pond, and stonework can be seen on the island and the seawall. The main tree, plum, was hand-planted by Kono Riyu and is about 300 years old.