This dry landscape garden attributed to renowned master painter Sesshu was partially damaged by fires that occurred during the Genroku era and the Horeki era but was restored in 1937 by Mirei SHIGEMORI.
画聖として知られる雪舟が作庭したと伝わる枯山水庭園で、元禄と宝暦の火災などにより一部荒廃したが，昭和12年(1937年)に重森三玲(しげもりみれい)により復元された。