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Sengan-en (Iso Teien)
鹿児島県
A 1658 daimyo garden framing Sakurajima as scenery, now a UNESCO World Heritage site for Shimazu Nariakira's pioneering industrial complex
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1658
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Historic Site
Founded 1658
368 years
Overview
A daimyo garden created by Shimazu Mitsuhisa in 1658, designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty. The panorama with Sakurajima and Kinko Bay as borrowed scenery is among Japan's finest garden views. The adjacent Shoko Shuseikan is a 2015 UNESCO World Heritage site. A Satsuma Kiriko glassware workshop preserves the modernization legacy of Shimazu Nariakira.
Origins
Sengan-en (also known as Iso Teien) is a daimyo garden established in 1658 by Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the 19th lord of the Satsuma domain. Its sweeping design, which incorporates Sakurajima volcano and Kinko Bay as borrowed scenery, is celebrated as one of the finest landscape compositions in Japanese ga…
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Sengan-en Iris Festival
Irises bloom against the backdrop of Sakurajima in this Shimazu clan garden.

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Shimazu Nariakira
One of the Four Wise Lords and Pioneer of Modernization
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Shimazu Nariakira cherished Sengan-en and built Japan's first modern industrial complex, the Shuseikan, on the adjacent land. He launched reverberatory furnaces, blast furnaces, and glassworks in succession, driving Satsuma's modernization. As the enlightened lord who discovered future Meiji Restoration leaders Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi, this garden is also the greatest stage for understanding Nariakira's legacy.
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