臨池亭と滴翠軒
渉成園の臨池亭と滴翠軒の2つの客殿は、東本願寺を訪れた客人のための茶会や接待に使われてきた。臨池亭は池に面して縁側があり、その名前も”池を臨む亭”と意味する。「滴翠軒」は、裏の築山から池に流れ込む小水にちなんで「小川のほとりの軒」という意味だ。どちらの建物も、外観や畳の部屋には目立った装飾がなく、控えめな造りになっている。
かつて臨池亭と滴翠軒は、庭園の北門から入っていた。2つの建物は1864年の火災で失われ、1884年に再建された。現在、北門は使われていないが、臨池亭も滴翠軒も東本願寺を訪れる団体客のために貸し出されている。
Rinchitei and Tekisuiken Reception Halls
Shoseien’s interconnected Rinchitei and Tekisuiken reception halls were traditionally used for tea (chanoyu) gatherings and other entertainment organized for guests visiting Higashi Honganji Temple. The Rinchitei building has a veranda overlooking the pond in front of it, and its name means “pavilion on the pond.” Tekisuiken translates as “house by the stream” in reference to the small stream that flows into the pond from the artificial hill behind the building. Both halls are unostentatious in style, with few decorative features either on the exterior or inside the tatami-floored rooms.
In the past, guests would enter Rinchitei and Tekisuiken through the garden’s north gate. Both buildings were lost to fire in 1864 and reconstructed in 1884. The north gate is no longer in use, but the reception halls can still be rented by groups visiting Higashi Honganji.
