Japanese Stone Gardens

Owing to their ageless beauty, stones - uncut and arranged in creative, subtle ways - play a pivotal role in traditional Japanese gardens, one even more important than trees, shrubbery, and flowers. Not merely decorative embellishments, stone arrangements define a garden both as to the era in which it was laid out and its overall aesthetic qualities. Containing 123 photographs and 115 illustrations, is a virtual encyclopedia of garden stone arrangements, written after years of research into the famous and not-so-well-known traditional gardens of Japan, from those laid out in the earliest times to turn-of-the-century estates, from the austere temple garden of Ryoan-ji in Kyoto to the rather striking works of feudal daimyo. More than just a pictorial presentation of famous works, however, this book also includes practical sections on purchase of materials and layout of arrangements for your own garden.

שנה

1992

שפה

English

הוצאה

Graphic Sha Pub Co

מהדורות

1

עמודים

136

ISBN

9784766106961

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata