Kakurin-tei
Kakurin-tei (郭林亭) is a
History
The house was constructed in November 1846 (Kouka 3) at Kōno Park, at the command of the 10th lord of the Saga clan, Lord Naomasa Nabeshima. It served the clan as a guest house, with visitors including Fulbeck and
Shortly before the
In 1986 the Kakurintei Document was discovered, some 140 years after it was erected and a movement to reconstruct the Kakurintei was started under the auspices of the Saga Prefectural Culture Federation, the Saga Prefectural Tea Ceremony Association and other groups. Reconstruction was finally approved as a part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Saga City as a municipality in 1989.
The reconstruction was based on one photograph, several old drawings, and the original structural materials, with the aid of computer analysis. After one year and five months, the structure was completed. Reborn as the
References
- Saga City Tourism Brochure: Tea House Kakurintei
External links
- Kakurintei Tea House: https://web.archive.org/web/20070528052237/http://www.shinpoo.jp/shisetsu/kakurin/kakurin.htm (in Japanese)