During the early Showa Period, aesthetics together with modernism were used for the garden designs by Mirei SHIGEMORI, in 1939, this was first used in the Hojo Garden (literally "Head monk's Garden") of Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto.
昭和初期おいて近代主義モダニズムに通じるその美学が注目されるに至り、重森三玲によって自身が作庭する庭園に用いて、昭和14年には京都東福寺方丈庭園にその端緒を採り入れる。