Zen Garden Design. Shunmyo Masuno
A senryō, or nine-knotted flower (also known as a bone-knitted lotus), from the original garden has sharp shiny leaves in sets of four with clusters of bright red berries. Sakaki is a flowering evergreen with bright green leaves and small off-white flowers that bloom in bunches. The spherical masses of flowers of the jinchōge, or winter daphne, bloom in the winter and give off a sweet fragrance. The leaves of the broad-leafed hisakaki, a species of evergreen related to sakaki, change from green to a deep red color in winter. The deciduous dodan-tsutsuji, a native Japanese shrub, has small white pendant flowers in the spring and leaves that change to orange-red in the fall.
Between the rocks and sugigoke, or hair moss, Masuno placed a few plants to provide focal points within the undulations of the mossy mound. Tsuwabuki, or Japanese silverleaf, yaburan, or big blue lilyturf (also known as monkey grass), and shida (ferns) are among the ashirai, or assorted small plants, which Masuno added to the garden to finalize the design.
With the seasonal views of the garden and the sound of the water dripping into the chōzubachi, the landscape imparts a strong sensory feeling of tranquility. Masuno designed the garden from the theme of rokkonshōjō, a Buddhist way of thinking that refers to the five senses—genkon (sight), nikon (hearing), bikon (smell), zekkon (taste), and shinkon (touch)—plus the consciousness of intuition or ikon, the sixth sense. In Buddhist thought, in accordance with one’s senses, an effect can occur in one’s kokoro (heart-mind-spirit); this is ikon (intuition). Rokkonshōjō encompasses all six senses, with rokkon referring to the six senses and shōjō meaning pure. Therefore, Rokkonshōjō no Niwa is “The Garden of Six Pure Senses,” a quiet space for contemplation and for the mental concentration required for each pose and breath in the practice of yoga.
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