Title Odateishi Stone

  • Okayama
Topic(s):
Nature/Ecology
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
251-500
FY Prepared:
2020
Associated Tourism Board:
Okayama Korakuen

大立


花葉の池のほとりにある花崗岩でできた大立石は高さ7メートル。同じ庭園内は唯心山という人工の丘がありますが、それよりも高さがあります。大立石は今の場所に運ばれる際にくさびで90個の破片に切り分けられており、その切れ目が今でも見えています。正面に走るきれいな分割線からは、当時の石工の技術の高さがうかがえます。一方で背面の切れ目は隙間が大きく目立っており、分割が困難だったことを物語っています。


Odateishi Stone


The massive granite rock on the bank of Kayonoike Pond is 7 meters high, taller than Yuishinzan, the nearby artificial hill. The Odateishi Stone displays the joints revealing where it was split with wedges into more than 90 pieces before being moved and reassembled in the garden. At the front of the stone the cracks where the rock was split are fine, testifying to the high level of stonecutting skill of the time. At the back the gaps are deeper and more visible, suggesting the difficulty of breaking the stone apart.


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