The important artificial features in a Japanese landscape garden have descriptive names suggestive of historical or romantic connections, and their accessories and surroundings are such as to contribute to the fancy expressed. A river bridge will have its neighbouring maple trees or iris beds to convey a hint of the river scenery at Tatsuta *(Tatsuta,�a rural spot in Japan famous for its maple trees lining the river banks.) or Yatsuhashi **(Yatsuhashi,�a place in the province of Mikawa noted for its beds of iris flowers crossed by a curious bridge.); and a clump of pine or cryptomeria trees close to a garden monument or shrine, will suggest some sacred temple grove familiar to the people. The figurative names applied both to structures and to natural objects impart a further charm, making the garden at once a picture and a poem.
