Jodo Sect gardens such as this are referred to as chisen kaiyushiki teien (lit. pond stroll style gardens) as they were designed to allow people to walk around the pond but the small garden at Renge-ji Temple is a chisen kanshoshiki teien designed to be appreciated from the shoin.
こうした浄土宗的な庭園は池の周囲を巡り歩くことを想定して作庭されることから池泉回遊式と呼ばれるが、蓮華寺の庭園は規模も小さく、書院からの鑑賞を旨とした池泉鑑賞式の庭園である。