The Regent Yoshimasa, following the example of his predecessor Yoshimitsu, built himself a secluded retreat which he called Ginkakuji, or the Silver Pavilion, and which bore a striking resemblance to the Kinkakuji just described. The landscape-artist, Shoami, is said to have been the designer of the surrounding garden. It bears many traces of the Tea Garden style, which received a great impetus during the rule of Yoshimasa. A lake containing pine-clad islands and rare water-rocks is the principal feature of the grounds; it flows close up to the silver-plated pavilion,� a structure of two stories, and of more modest proportions than the gilded pavilion of Yoshimitsu. A view of the lake and dwelling, as they now remain, is given in the lower illustration of Plate IX., and the upper illustration represents a portion known as the lotus-lake, thickly overgrown with lotus leaves, and crossed by monolithic granite bridges, with an intervening island of rocks and pine trees. A thickly wooded hill in the background imparts a charming beauty to this view. Other interesting features of this old garden are referred to in the writer's previous volume on "Landscape Gardening in Japan."
