Monuments ( 記念物 , kinenbutsu ) is a collective term used by the Japanese government 's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan as historic locations such as shell mounds , ancient tombs , sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles , monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals, plants, and geological or mineral formations of high scientific value.
11-558: (Redirected from Kōrakuen ) Kōrakuen (後楽園, "enjoy after garden") is a Japanese place name. Places named Korakuen include: Kōraku-en , a garden in Okayama Prefecture Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden , a garden in Tokyo Korakuen Hall , a sports arena Korakuen Stadium , a former stadium Kōrakuen Station , a subway station Korakuen Velodrome ,
22-542: A Place of Scenic Beauty with the designations promoted to "Special National Historic Site" and "Special Place of Scenic Beauty in 1952". It was also renamed Koishikawa Kōrakuen to distinguish it from the Okayama Kōrakuen the same year. A baseball stadium was constructed in 1937 on the site of the former Tokyo Artillery Factory for the main purpose of professional baseball , and was the main baseball stadium in Tokyo until
33-456: A former velodrome Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Korakuen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korakuen&oldid=1188757726 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
44-418: A higher classification as: As of February 2019, there were 3,154 nationally designated Monuments: 1,823 Historic Sites (including 62 Special Historic Sites), 415 Places of Scenic Beauty (including 36 Special Places of Scenic Beauty), and 1,030 Natural Monuments (including 75 Special Natural Monuments). Since a single property can be included within more than one of these classes, the total number of properties
55-474: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Koishikawa K%C5%8Drakuen Garden The Koishikawa Kōrakuen ( 小石川後楽園 ) is a large urban park in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyō, Tokyo , Japan. The Japanese garden dates from the early Edo period . and is one of three surviving daimyō gardens of the many that were created during that period,
66-432: Is less than the sum of designations: for example Hamarikyu Gardens are both a Special Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty. As of 1 May 2013, there were a further 2,961 Historic Sites, 266 Places of Scenic Beauty, and 2,985 Natural Monuments designated at a prefectural level and 12,840 Historic Sites, 845 Places of Scenic Beauty, and 11,020 Natural Monuments designated at a municipal level. Alterations to
77-646: Is the same inspiration for the Kōraku-en garden in Okayama after which the Koishikawa garden is named. The gardens cover an area of more than 70,000 square meters and are planted with plum blossoms , cherry blossoms , azaleas, irises, and other flowering plants, and contain ponds and monumental stones. The gardens were the property of the Mito Tokugawa until 1869, when the final daimyō of Mito, Tokugawa Akitake surrendered
88-473: The construction of the Tokyo Dome . An amusement park (Korakuen Yuenchi) and a multipurpose hall ( Korakuen Hall ) were also constructed within the grounds. Monuments of Japan The government designates (as opposed to registers ) "significant" items of this kind as Cultural Properties (文化財 bunkazai ) and classifies them in one of three categories: Items of particularly high significance may receive
99-656: The existing state of a site or activities affecting its preservation require permission from the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs. Financial support for purchasing and conserving designated land and for the utilization of the site is available through local governments. The Agency for Cultural Affairs designates monuments based on a number of criteria . A monument can be designated based on multiple criteria. A separate system of "registration" (as opposed to "designation" hereabove) has been established for modern edifices threatened by urban sprawl or other factors. Monuments from
110-643: The others being the Rikugi-en and the Hama Rikyū gardens. The Koishikawa-Kōrakuen was constructed in 1629 by Tokugawa Yorifusa , the 11th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and daimyō of Mito Domain . It was later renovated by his son, Tokugawa Mitsukuni who named it "Korakuen" with the advice of the Ming Confucian scholar Zhu Zhiyu and inspired by descriptions of Yueyang Tower in Chinese literature and poetry. This
121-526: The property, together with his mansion, to the new Meiji government . The new government assigned the property to the Ministry of the Army , who constructed an artillery factory on a portion of its grounds. However, much of the garden was preserved, and Emperor Meiji and other high officials used the garden as a reception area for foreign dignitaries. In 1923, it was designated as a National Historic Site and also as
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