後楽園（旧水戸藩主の庭園）
Korakuen (Garden of the Former Lords of Mito)
The roots of a huge tree spread wide across the ground. The name Korakuen comes from a line about being the last to enjoy the world's pleasures.
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A thick trunk stands with its roots spread wide. A little apart rises another dark trunk, perfectly straight, its top hidden in dense leaves. Between the two trees, a bright patch farther back shows through.
Korakuen was the garden of the Mito Tokugawa family's residence in Edo. It was named by Mitsukuni, the second lord of the domain. Taking the advice of Zhu Shunshui, a Confucian scholar from Ming China, he chose a line from the Yueyang Lou Ji (Record of Yueyang Tower): "Be the first to worry over the world's cares, and the last (ko) to enjoy (raku) its pleasures." In the Meiji era the army's Tokyo Artillery Arsenal was set up on the estate, but the garden was left in place.
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- 『東京名所写真帖』（明治35年12月）
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- 124+ years ago
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