Japan's master gardens
Subtitle: lessons in space and environment
By: Stephen Mansfield
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tokyo; Rutland, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9784805311288
Subjects: Japanese Gardens; Design; Gardens; History
Description: No two Japanese gardens are ever the same. Each is inimitable, yet embodies commonalities of design and aesthetic taste. Each finds the space for innovation within a tradition that benefits from a thousand years of applied knowledge. Presenting twenty-five master gardens, Japan's Master Gardens explores the ingenuity and range of Japanese landscaping, from the self-imposed confines of courtyard designs to the open expanses of the stroll garden. Japan's Master Gardens illustrates how, through the ministrations of generations of gardeners, original landscapes have maintained their mastery and demonstrates how contemporary landscaping draws from tradition, making ancient gardens relevant to the lives of people in the twenty-first century. This beautifully illustrated book takes readers on an exploration of the outward forms, underpinning principles, complex use of metaphor and allusion, and beauty and depth that set the Japanese garden apart.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A sense of nature; title: The modular garden; title: Landscape gardens; title: Requisitioning space; title: Healing gardens.