The Garden As Architecture
Subtitle: Form and Spirit in the Gardens of Japan, China, and Korea
Contributors: Pamela Virgilio (Translator)
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN); Kodansha International
Published: September 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9784770017123
Subjects: Landscape; Landscape Horticulture; Gardening; Architecture; Gardening/Plants; International Architecture - Asian; China; Cultural studies; Garden design & planning; Gardens (descriptions, history etc); Japan; Korea; Landscape art & architecture; Japanese Gardens - General
First sentence: Mount Miwa in Yamato (present-day Nara Prefecture) is a sacred mountain, thought to be manifested spirit according to the indigenous animistic religious beliefs of Shinto.