One hundred years in the Huntington's Japanese garden
Subtitle: harmony with nature
By: edited by T. June Li
Publisher: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780873282567
Subjects: Huntington Botanical Gardens; History; Design; Japanese Gardens
Other titles: Huntington's Japanese garden
Description: "For more than 100 years, the Japanese Garden at The Huntington has served as a bellwether for the West’s engagement with Asian culture. With its distinctive moon bridge, wisteria arbors, koi-filled ponds, bonsai courts, bamboo forest, and historical Japanese House, this nine-acre garden has captivated visitors so much that it has become one of the most photographed spots in Southern California. This lavishly illustrated volume explores the garden’s history, from its development for the Huntington estate as a display of fashionable, cultivated taste, to its quiet deterioration and neglect during World War II, to its resurgence in the 1950s as a showcase for Japanese culture and garden arts. Just before its centennial, the garden and its Japanese House underwent a comprehensive renovation. The highlight of its new features is a ceremonial teahouse, Seifu-an (Arbor of Pure Breeze), set within a traditionally landscaped tea garden"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Steven S. Koblik; title: The Gift of Seifu-an / Genshitsu Sen; title: Editor's Preface and Acknowledgements / T. June Li; title: I. History and Culture; title: A Garden of Culture / James Folsom; title: Traditions of Transformation : Gardens in Japan before 1868 / Kendall H. Brown; title: From Ranch to Estate : A Japanese Garden Comes to San Marino / Kendall H. Brown; title: The Teahouse Seifu-an, Arbor of the Pure Breeze / Robert Hori; title: From Japan to America : The Garden and the Japanese American Community / Naomi Hirahara; title: II. Living History; title: From Private to Public : An Icon Evolves / James Folsom; title: Preserving the Japanese House / Kelly Sutherlin McLeod; title: The Nature of Japanese Gardens / James Folsom.