Hakone Main Gate ( Shoin Style )Hakone Main Gate ( Shoin Style )
Caption:Chu Mon - Gate as seen from the interior, March 2023
Gate | 1910-1940 | Public Garden | Open year round | Saratoga, California
Address
21000 Big Basin Way Saratoga, California 95070
General Location
Type: Gate
Construction Date: 1910-1940
Located at Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, Ca., a Public Garden which is Open year round.
September 1937, by Nishiura Carpentry Company, from San Jose Ca.
September 1937, by Nishiura Carpentry Company, from San Jose Ca.
Cultural or historic information
The Gate was commissioned by Col. Charles Tilden, and the style of the gate is a shoin style, gate.
Construction Information
Built by a team of Japanese carpenters who immigrated to USA in 1908. Shinzaburo Nishiura with his brother Gentaro, carved intricate wooden gable end pieces, unique in form.
The gate was constructed out of redwood, obtained in Mill Valley, in Marin County. Renovations carried out in 1980, when new support posts added to strengthen the brace posts, and re-roofing with cedar shingles as per original. In 2023 the cedar shingles were replaced and some wood part replaced.
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