Shofuso Japanese House and Garden is located in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA.
Shofuso (meaning ancestor) is actually a garden-viewing pavilion, built in Japan and shipped to New York for the Museum of Modern Art’s "The House in the Museum Garden" exhibition in 1954. It was transferred to West Fairmount Park in 1957.
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| This photo is from the Shofuso website, as we could not get to the other side of the pond for the photo |
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| The Japanese House (1953, by Junzo Yoshimura) was built using traditional techniques and materials, and these were applied to creating modernism furniture (various from 1936-1952, by George Nakashima and Antonin & Noémi Pernessin Raymond ); at the back is a waterfall-inspired mural (2007, by Hiroshi Senju) |
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| A teahouse (left) is connected to a bathhouse (right) |
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| A peek into the teahouse at some tea ceremony implements |
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| A peek into the bathhouse at the half-uncovered tub |
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| A demonstration of water from a gutter draining down a chain |
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| Flower arrangements throughout the house are created by the local chapter of Ikebana International |
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| Japanese House kitchen (17C farmhouse style) |
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| Traditional Japanese meal |
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| This is supposed to show the hinoki cypress bark used to cover the roof, which is finer than the bark used in the fence |
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| The bathhouse roof also has layers of bark for its roof (KSS) |
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| The Japanese House is built on a raised platform with a veranda around all sides (KSS) |
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| Gnarly willow tree trunk with moss growing on the south side (KSS) |
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| Statue of Jizo, a Buddhist deity associated with the protection of children, and travelers; coins were spread at the base of the statue |
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| Japanese lantern and koi pond in the garden (1958, by Tansai Sano in the style of a 17C viewing garden to complement the house) |
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| Bridge to the island in the pond (KSS) |
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| The koi parade over to the occupied landing, perhaps expecting to be fed |
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| View from the bridge across to the tsukiyama/false-hill that has a tiered waterfall, and another Japanese lantern |
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| No information on the sculpture (KSS) |
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| Tea Garden and stone bridge over the stream to the pond |
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| View upstream (KSS) |
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| Water basin, Japanese lantern, and a weeping cherry tree |
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| Smith Memorial Arch (1912, by James H Windrim), at an entrance to West Fairmount Park, includes statues of Pennsylvania Civil War military and naval heroes |
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