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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic. Boston, Massachusetts: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3294-3; Kuitert, Wybe, (2002) Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art, Hawaii University Press, Honolulu, (Online as PDF) (ISBN 0-8248-2312-5
Shigemori’s work and writings reflect and interface with the changing political and cultural framework of Japan during his life. Kendall Brown, in his preface to Mirei Shigemori: Rebel in the Garden notes that “Shigemori embodies the central artistic quest of his era – a new direction in Japanese creativity founded on the desire to overcome a fundamental tension between the perceived ...
The work is primarily focused on architectural features, rather than natural features. Contrasts have been drawn between this and other classic works of East Asian garden design, such as Sakuteiki (of the Japanese Heian period) which concentrates on water and rocks, and numerous Japanese works of the Edo period (Tsukiyama teizoden, Sagaryuniwa kohohiden no koto, Tsukiyama sansuiden), to ...
“Gardens in Japan do aspire to high art in a way that they don’t in the West,” explains Sophie Walker, author of the book “The Japanese Garden.” “ Mitate is the idea that the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Japanese gardens (8 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Garden design history of Japan"
Japanese gardens, with a few exceptions, were intended to be viewed from within the house, somewhat like a diorama. Moreover, Chinese gardens often included a water feature, while Japanese gardens, set in a wetter climate, would often get by with the suggestion of water (such as sand or pebbles raked into a wave pattern).
Japanese gardens are designed to be seen from the outside, as in the Japanese rock garden or zen garden; or from a path winding through the garden. Use of rocks: in a Chinese garden, particularly in the Ming dynasty , scholar's rocks were selected for their extraordinary shapes or resemblance to animals or mountains, and used for dramatic effect.
Nakane started the process of building a garden by looking into what the client wants the garden to represent. [citation needed] Especially outside of Japan, where some clients want gardens to represent the climate and environment in the country in which the garden will be located, so Nakane mixed traditions, but some clients still want the Japanese style of garden, so those were easier to ...