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he history of this remarkable Japanese garden dates back to about 500 years ago. Masahiro Ōuchi, the then feudal lord of Yamaguchi, asked the famous artist and zen monk Sesshū Tōyō to design the landscape around his leisure residence. With time, after the dwelling was rebuilt as a buddhist temple, the garden came to be known as “Sesshū-tei” (Sesshū’s garden). Surrounded by a mountain wood in three of its sides, the garden can be explored through a pathway. On the opposing side, the visitors can also contemplate Joeiji’s “dry landscape” zen garden.