of particular value is the rinshunkaku (important national cultural property, see photo below), formerly belonging to the kii house of tokugawa. it is often compared in beauty to the world famous katsura imperial villa in kyoto. originally the summer residence of tokugawa yorinobu, the first head of the kii house, it used to stand in iwade, wakayama prefecture. acquired by hara in 1906, it was rebuilt over a period of three years between 1915 and 1917. divided in three sections, it was decorated by famous artists kanō tanyū and kanō yasunobu. the transoms between pavilions are decorated with sculpted waves (first pavilion) and special paper containing poetry (second pavilion). the third pavilion's transom is decorated with real gagaku instruments like "shō" and flutes.