In the West there are parks to cultivate the body and church halls to cultivate the mind. They spend half the day in a church hall and half the day in a park. They believe that through this both mind and body are cultivated. In 1907 one year after the start of his nationwide travels, construc-tion began on the park with a scope of around fifty thousand square meters. The Four Sages Hall dedicated to the world’s sages had al-ready been completed. Next to come were the Pagoda of the Six Wise Ones, dedicated to the sages of the East, and the Three Eru-dites Arbor, dedicated to the sages of Japan. The park is divided into flat spaces and sloped areas, with the river Myōshōjigawa running along the border. Enryō built a new path along the river so that peo-ple could walk around the wooded areas from end to end. The land at the bottom was divided into two areas named after philosophical ideas, the “Garden of Materialism” and the “Garden of Idealism.” These spaces have seventy-seven features, including springs, caves, ponds, and sloping paths, all of which were named after philosophi-cal theories, such as subjectivity, objectivity, monism, and dualism. In addition to this the Three Founders Yard (the Yellow Emperor of China, Aksapāda of India, and Thales of Greece), the Cosmos Hall, and the Citadel of the Absolute (a library) were completed around 1915, making it the philosophy theme park that it is today. Eventually it was opened to the public and became a park for culti-vation of spirit just as Enryō had intended. (Enryō forbade private ownership of the Temple Garden of Philosophy by the Inoue family in his last will and testament, and after his passing it became a non-profit foundation. During the Second World War, in accordance with 175
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