Japanese gardens
Subtitle: an illustrated guide to their design and history ; with the supplement of forty plates & a new preface by Clay Lancaster
By: Josiah Conder
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Mineola, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Gardens, Japanese -- History; Gardens -- Japan -- Design -- History
Work titles: Landscape gardening in Japan
Description: Classic study of gardening techniques and artistic principles involved. Includes analysis of five main garden types, plus important components: stones, lanterns, pagodas, ornamental water. Over 50 sketches, layouts, and diagrams, plus 37 full-page plates, many based on early woodcuts. Also, 40 annotated full-page photographic plates of famous examples of Japanese landscaping. -- Book Description.
Notes: Originally published: Landscape gardening in Japan. New York : Dover Publications, 1964