Kenroku en

Kenroku en positioned in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is an antique personal garden. Along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. The grounds are open year-round except for December twenty ninth via January third for the duration of sunlight hours and famous for its splendor in all seasons; an admission rate is charged.

Kenroku-en turned into developed from the 1620s to the 1840s via the Maeda clan, the daimyos who dominated the former Kaga Domain. While the date of initial development of the lawn that would be grow to be known as Kenrokuen is as a substitute doubtful, one version of the lawn's origins can perhaps be marked with the aid of the of completion of the Tatsumi water channel in 1632 through Maeda Toshitsune,the 0.33 daimyo of the effective Maeda extended family and ruler of the Kaga Domain from 1605 to 1639, as this selection would be later integrated into creating the garden's twisting waterways in 1822. Tsunanori the Renchiochin residence at the slope facing the castle, and gave its lawn the name Renchitei additionally spelled Renchi-tei, because of this lotus pond.