🌸🌺🌿🍃 Kairai-zaiku Katsura Imperial Villa 🌸🌺🌿🍃

Centered around water, at the heart of the villa is a vast pond where one can row a small boat between the study and the tea house, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 reflecting the grandeur of the imperial style. 🏞️ As a royal villa established by two generations of imperial princes in the early Edo period, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 it features Kairai-zaiku style and thatched cottage style, signifying the nobility's pursuit of free will and a rebellious spirit, moving away from standardized, craftsman-experience-based architecture. 🌸🌺🌿🍃 They began to construct thatched huts using simple wood and green bamboo. 🍃🏡 In a broad sense, Kairai-zaiku refers to tea houses, but in a narrow sense, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 it specifically denotes the type of architecture found in the Katsura Imperial Villa's study complex. 🍵🌿 #KatsuraImperialVilla