Kyoto gardens
Subtitle: masterworks of the Japanese gardener's art
By: text by Judith Clancy ; photography by Ben Simmons
Contributors: Simmons, Ben, photographer
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9784805313213
Subjects: Pictorial works; Japanese Gardens
Description: Kyoto Gardens is a labor of love from master photographer Ben Simmons and Kyoto-based writer Judith Clancy. Simmons' photographs present a fresh and contemporary look at Kyoto's most important gardens. Their beauty is enhanced and humanized by gardeners tending the grounds using the tools of their art. Clancy's graceful text provides historic, aesthetic and cultural context to the gardens. Combining wonder and rigor, she describes how Kyoto's most beloved gardens remain faithful to their founders' creative spirit and conception. Journey to Kyoto's thirty gardens with just a turn of a page, or use the handy maps to plan your trip.