Kōraku-en
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Kōraku-en (後楽園, Kōrakuen) is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern form in 1863.[1]
This article is about the garden in Okayama. For the garden in Tokyo, see Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.
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Kōraku-en | |
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後楽園 | |
Type | Urban park |
Location | Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
Coordinates | 34°40′04″N 133°56′06″E |
Created | 1687 (1687) |
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Zhu Zhiyu, one of the greatest scholars of Confucianism in the Ming dynasty and Edo Japan, helped to redesign the garden.[2]