What is Shofuso Japanese House and Garden?
{{Infobox building | name = Japanese House | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alternate_names = Shofuso | image = Shofuso Spring.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = 280px | caption = Bright blue sky over the Japanese House. | address = Horticultural and Lansdowne Drs. West [[Fairmount Park]] | location_town = [[Philadelphia]] | location_country = [[United States]] | coordinates = {{coord|39.9814|-75.213|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | opened_date = {{Start date|1954}} | architect = [[Junzo Yoshimura]] | architectural_style = [[Shoin-Zukuri]] (17th Century) | other_designers = Heizaemon Ito, 11th (Master carpenter) | renovation_date = 1976 | relocated_date = 1958 }} '''Shofuso (Pine Breeze Villa)''', ({{lang-ja|:松風荘}}) is a Japanese house in West [[Fairmount Park]] in [[Philadelphia]]. The house is 17th century style. The house was a gift from [[Japan]] to [[Americans]] in 1953.<ref>McCarty, Yukiko Yanagida, Shoin-zukuri in Philadelphia, The East, Vol 42 No.1 P15-21</ref> The [[Centennial Exposition]] of 1876 happened there.<ref>Fischer, Felice, “Japan and the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition” – Historic Guide to Philadelphia & Japan, p23-25</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Gardens]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Philadelphia]] [[Category:1954 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Japanese culture]] {{US-stub}}