When the Zen monks were building these gardens in the backyards inside large Buddhist temples, the thought of Zen Buddhism, art, and culture from the Asian Continent, were introduced together with the tradition of Japanese gardens.
この日本の庭園の伝統の上に禅がその寺院の伽藍のなかに後庭を作庭するとき、禅宗思想、大陸から渡来した思想、芸術、文化を多く取り入れた。