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Yūbikan (有備館) was a han school for the Date clan during the Edo period. It was relocated to Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture in 1692. Its gardens of 1715 employ the backdrop of the ruins of Iwadeyama Castle for borrowing of scenery ("shakkei"). They are a nationally designated Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty. The Yūbikan was destroyed and its gardens badly damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
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