Japanese stone gardens
Subtitle: origins, meaning, form
By: Stephen Mansfield ; foreword by Donald Richie
Contributors: Richie, Donald, 1924-2013
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: North Clarendon, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9784805310564
Subjects: Japanese Rock gardens; Gardens; Religious aspects
Description: The text, complemented by abundant imagery, reveals the hidden order of stone gardens, heightening the enthusiast's awareness and appreciation of how they were constructed, and why. Fifteen gardens are featured in this book, some well-known, such as the famous temple gardens of Kyoto, others less so, among them gardens spread through the south of Honshu island and the southern islands of Shikoku and Kyushu and in faraway Okinawa--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1 : Introduction to the Japanese stone garden; title: The ancient world of Japanese gardens; title: Gardens of the higher self; title: Japanese garden aesthetics; title: Japanese garden design elements; title: Modern Japanese stone gardens; title: Pt. 2 : Japan's exquisite stone gardens; title: Visiting Japan's gardens; title: Ryoan-ji; title: Nanzen-ji; title: Ryogen-in; title: Funda-in; title: Tofuku-ji; title: Matsuo Taisha Shrine; title: Shoden-ji; title: Kishiwada Castle; title: Raikyu-ji; title: Adachi Museum; title: Senshukaku Pavalion; title: Joei-ji; title: Chiran gardens; title: Canadian Embassy; title: Miyara Dunchi.