Title: Japanese garden design /
Authors: Keane, Marc P.; Ōhashi, Haruzō,
Date: 1996
Publisher: C.E. Tuttle,
Physical description: xiii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 28 cm
Language: English
LC classification: S
Abstract: Presents to the reader the essential concepts and processes that Japanese garden designers have employed through the centuries.
Contents: Godspirit in Nature: Prehistoric Origins -- Poetry in Paradise: Gardens of the Heian Aristocrats -- The Art of Emptiness: The Gardens of Zen Buddhism -- Spiritual Passage: The Tea Garden -- Private Niches: Tsubo Gardens -- A Collector's Park: Edo Stroll Gardens -- Design Principles -- Design Techniques -- Design Elements -- Plants Mentioned in the Text.
Subject headings (LCSH): Gardens, Japanese; Gardens, Japanese--Design.; Gardens--Japan--Design.