Fukiage Park,the Imperial Palace（3） FUKIAGE 470 [ID] 3937 [Photographer] R. Stillfried [Album] R. Stillfried(album 2) [Place] Tokyo [Date] unknown [Color] color [Size] 240x195 [Cabinet] 77-6-0 [Keyword] garden   Photographs of the same title The 8th Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune is said to have planted bamboo trees in Fukiage Garden located north of Hanzo-mon around 1725, a time when the shogunate was in dire financial straits. Bamboo was chosen because it is practical and abundant. The bamboo trees can still be seen today inside Hanzo-mon. Emperor Showa (1926-1989) used to enjoy digging up bamboo shoots here. Taken between 1877 and 1887 (second decade of the Meiji Period).