During the Heian period, the Shinsen-en Garden and the imperial villas in Kyoto's suburbs have wide ponds, however, Japanese gardens had so far adopted a style based on landscapes representing natural scenery including actual water.
平安時代、神泉苑や洛外の離宮など池が広大になるが、ここまで水を含む自然の景色を描写する地割りを基本として、日本の庭園の様式は形作られた。