Seitō Shoin Teien (清藤氏書院庭園) is a Japanese dry landscape garden and nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in the city of Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

[1][2][3][4] The garden was laid out in the Genroku era of the Edo period (1668-1703) at the residence of the Seitō family, to commemorate the visit of a court noble, Fujiwara Tadanaga, to this location to plant a keyaki tree.

This incurred the wrath of his wife, and fearing for Karaito Gozen's safety, he entrusted her to Seitō Morihide with orders to hide her in a distant location with promises that they would eventually be reunited.

However, after years went by, Karaito Gozen feared that Hōjō Tokiyori had a change of heart and she committed suicide by throwing herself in a pond.

His descendants became great landholders, and Fujiwara Tadanaga was visiting sites connected with this legend.