The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-15

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Ia tbs Harti~a. 81 Japan. shsfher fteF
- tha-s % paris 90 ~ famous -SaaniAs
the r-.isi.af of -dsinia 90 -afn"fai "
/ 90 - . snail trsa~~fnan 90 noftst %
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dins plants famine ~ ons in ytvsl dis
sossis 81 color M aggression ot ov"f.
. rosdias M haHnttna 90 wealth The
4 -aas. mint. thaurht thaf di-t naut-hr-
. lapah-ss nover arranEssnsnt - appafen'
I in the LAYING out anil coast fi"tlon 81 ~"
I safsi~n. shkrh indeed - often not a no~~r
garden 81 al a. 90 Nc-t-rnsTs understand
the torn.
/ In mo-t rass- " contains nt'ls 81 the
nature Of q hoWsr bod In anui- insians -
| tndessl there ~ not a flower or -pTis "t
/ green "a be -~~n, strange a. u may -""m.
J the garden material CONSISTING merely 81
I carefully chosen ToCks. STONES AMI sand
I in " hitch a-e the Idea ~ sometimes 10 rsa's
| q lands. ape Impression OF an approach 10
| the S-a-hors over sand dunes. a repre-
! sentAtion Of the margin Of some 'r~sk OF
! the inland sea or a miniature pirture Of
some seashors shrine. veil knowh or other
wise. along the coast. The illusion which
| IL 80 skilfully created ~ generally beaui-
full and always Interesting. The japanese
garden In nine eases out OF ten l. a land
-rRpe one. but the space At the command
! OF the Gardener does not decide the que--
| ton OF iis character, as u often the case
with Us There are japanese gardens Gov
ering many acres Of ground. although thess
are certainly the exception rather than
| the rile. and there are others covering
spare 81 about a. many square yards. and
IN ~ach instance to the japanese mind
Landscape gardening ~ a possibility. With
us this type Of Landscape gardening calls
up q vision OF widely stretching space.
but to the japanese IL merely infers a land
scape made accurately TO scalc. with every
| possibility Of effe~t taken advantage OF In
| the production Of the perfect Illusion which
IL aimed At and accomplished.
| The quAintesi garden Of ell. and one which
| perhaps strikes the traveller in Japan with
greatest wonder. u the -toko-ntWa- or
-konixa.- beloved Of those whose houses
arc 80 situated In large towns that there is
no space for q garden plot 81 all. Often
this curious little garden IL arranged In
bowl or vessel scarcely larger than . Pie
dish Of moderate sire. and u 10 sometimes
placed In the -toko-noma. OF the raised
recess in the homes Of the poor The
-toko-niwa. witch IL generally held In
curious shaped bowl or q shallow carved
box. has in IL ponds as large as a postage
stamp. rivulets a. wide as . lucifer match.
tiny hills with equally microscopic houses
upon them. and quaint and miniature plants
Witch do dutt for forest giants. and small
\ pebbles which do the same for rocks. There
Will often he q tiny shrine or tori a. well
! 10 mark some beauty spot Of this wonderful
minute representation of japanese land
-cape. Of which no salient feature seems ever
Ia Ia omitted.
one ca only marvel AZ the ingenuity and
skill with which park has been constructed
| in an area frequently scarcely exceeding
that Of q normal sixc,d pocket handkerchief
and at the wonderful result that the Japa-
ne-s artist has contrived 20 create.
4 l. ~ IL -
bered when studying japanese gardens
and The Japane-s scheme 81 gardening -
tina, ;c enabls oae fully 10 comprehend OF
even appreciate them one must get 10 I'M
derstand the beauty and pictuTesquene~s
Of che stones which enter ~ largely into
| their scheme not the artificial stones oT
! -clinkers- Of the English garden. but the
marVcllonsly shaped ones on which only
nature and mo weather have hid their
d transforming touches The Use % natural
stones l. eVeryW here cd by the iATp,-
nesa when possible In MANY village
] homestead and in the neiRhborhood Of
many shrine one ~hl ind the -chodyu
BACH water baSinsI or fountains formed
OF huge blocks OF granite or other hard
sfons an Witch falling water IN the passage
OF centuries has Gu, q basinliks cavity.
| The japanese gardener. II should be re-
membered. never sets out TO construct
or convey the impression of \ purely ideal
landscape or scene. nor 10 create sense
~ de.ign by the tuStaI,o-ition 81 certain
! plants or certain colors The end he has
IN view - 10 copy faithfully = real landscape.
| With all IL natural and artificial beauties
| and TO convey Ivy this OF necessity unusu-
| allv miniature reproduction the impression
aud sentiment which the real thing would
produce upon ones mind The result OF
| hts labors u therefore in a sense and for
this reason rather a picture than a mere
! S.rden a. We understand the term and