This is a garden attached to one of the numerous villas situated near the Sumida River, in Tokio. The lower illustration shows the garden lake, over which is constructed a trellis for wistarias, carried on props rising from the water. On the opposite banks may be seen the usual dwarf pine-trees and spherical bushes, a number of ornamental rocks, a picturesque lantern, and a little summer-house. Here and there, blossoming trees are planted amid the evergreens. The foreground is occupied by an old bent pine-tree leaning over the water and supported on poles. The upper illustration exhibits some characteristic garden detail, consisting of a stone standard-lantern of the shape called Kasuga, an old plum-tree, and a rare specimen of the Sophora japonica, entirely hollowed out from age and decay. The common kind of bamboo fence, called Kenninji, after a temple of that name, is also shown. The lantern and plum-tree mark the approach to a little shrine reached through a Shinto archway by means of a row of stepping stones.
