Abstract
Sojinkan SUGIMURA was a journalist of The Asahi Shimbun Company. He got a property which is located near the Teganuma Lake in Abiko, Chiba Pref. in 1912. After that, he named this property Hakuba‐jo, had lived and ended his life until 1945. On this study, we narrowed the garden space of this property and aimed to clarify the feature as an old private garden by analyzing his essays, expense notes, old photographs and old survey maps. Especially, we examined next three aspects: 1) to clarify the location and surroundings as the place of residence, 2) to represent the spatial layout and to sort out garden elements which were made up through his country life, 3) to find his maintenance policy which was between natural growth and actual life. As a result, Hakuba‐jo garden is characterized by the site specific feature and his sense of nature. On one hand, the property is spread from the hilltop to yatsu (small valley), a spring and a distant view of lake were taken in his life with the garden. On the other hand, the garden was covered with a mass of floral, colorful foliaged trees and wild grasses. The maintenance of these garden features were influenced by his ‘rustic taste’ which was confirmed as the natural style garden, the choice of plants, self‐help maintenance, and the gardening lasted thirty years.
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