Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form

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Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form

Gain some new ideas along with the principles and history of Japanese stone gardening with this useful and beautiful garden design book.

Japanese Stone Gardens provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone gardenâ€”from their earliest use as props in animistic rituals, to their appropriation by Zen monks and priests to create settings conducive to contemplation and finally to their contemporary uses and meaning. With insightful text and abundant imagery, this book reveals the hidden order of stone gardens and in the process heightens the enthusiast's appreciation of them.

The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognized around the globe. These meditative gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and repose, and experience the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created.

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.

Country	USA
Author	Stephen Mansfield
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Hardcover with Jacket
EISBN	9781462905980
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Tuttle Publishing
Manufacturer	Tuttle Publishing
NumberOfPages	160
PublicationDate	2012-03-13
Publisher	Tuttle Publishing
ReleaseDate	2012-03-13
Studio	Tuttle Publishing

Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form

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