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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
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 ...
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Japanese gardens (8 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Garden design history of Japan"
Japanese gardens, typically a section of a larger garden, continue to be popular in the West, and many typical Japanese garden plants, such as cherry trees and the many varieties of Acer palmatum or Japanese maple, are also used in all types of garden, giving a faint hint of the style to very many gardens.
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).
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 ...
The documents record early Japanese government and Buddhism including early Japanese contact with China, the organization of the state and life at the Japanese imperial court. They are housed in 14 Japanese cities in temples (35), museums (13), libraries or archives (6), shrines (4), universities (2) and in private collections (2).