Mato, a puppet gardener, minding his own business, tended the garden. It's the same type of work every year, but it happens that when he created bushes into different forms, it adds a little variety and color to his life.

The Shogun's Garden is an isolated place. There are no visitors, only the guards sometimes check the situation. Mato has a small wooden house there, next to it there is a tool shed.

Mato was sitting at a table that stood outside in the open air. He had lunch and was eating.