History of Kaiuso

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History of Kaiuso
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Seemingly, Kaiuso was one of the end temples of the semiautonomous subtemple and the Nanzen-ji compound which Nanzen-ji which has 700 years of history from the first owns, It is said that the pupil of famous gardener and Kobori-Ensyu of the Edo period made the garden portion used as a basis. Nanzen-ji which fell into financial difficulties after that for repair in the early stages of Meiji of Sanmon sells off to Mr. Katsutaro businessman and Inahata of Meiji Era, Mr. Katsutaro Inahata requests the 7th generation of typical landscape gardener and Ogawa-Jihei applied in early stages of Showa from Meiji. It is said that it is a thing in the figure of the present Kaiuso, 1895, and Meiji 28 that the Oba garden which also attains to 6000 tsubos was developed.