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Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
Interior of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
A small tea-house seen from the villa.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
Interior of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
A small tea-house in the gardens, seen from the villa.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. A narrow footpath in the gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. A...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...

Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince
Toshito in 1590. The gardens of Villa Katsura.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built villa and gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. T...