Japanese Garden Design Book
A practical guide to its art and cultivation harry tomlinson.
Japanese garden design book. Visions of the japanese garden a translation of japan s oldest gardening text co authored with prof. Creating japanese design and detail in the western garden imm lifestyle books yoko kawaguchi. 4 6 out of 5 stars 121.
1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. In japanese garden design landscape architect marc peter keane presents the history and development of the classical metaphors that underlie all japanese gardens in this. Patricia jonas editor shelved 1 time as japanese gardens avg rating 3 90 10 ratings published 2001.
The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the japanese garden published to date this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden designer sophie walker brings fresh insight to this subject exploring the japanese garden in detail through a series of essays and with 100 featured gardens. Japanese garden design an introduction to the culture and design of japanese gardens.
Keane describes the influences of confucian shinto and buddhist principles that have linked poetry and philosophy to the tangible metaphor of the garden in japanese culture. The complete book of bonsai.