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 garden—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.

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Excerpt from Gardens and Their Meaning The aim of this book is twofold: to show the importance of science in the use of spade and hoe; and to urge that a garden for education may be, not merely in substance but in spirit, a corner of the great world. Protected it certainly should be, but not walled in. Outside and within the garden precincts are at work nearly identical social forces, and the same joys and sorrows. The interchange not only of sympathy but of plans and projects will be frequent. Thus the path between the big and the little world must be free and unrestricted. It will not be a "one-way road"; the gate swings easily in both directions. It is not to be expected that these suggestions will appeal equally to everybody. There are, in fact, many persons who are satisfied with the schooling that deliberately takes young folks out of real life for a time and then puts them back again. It is hoped, however, that this little volume will make friends among the hosts of parents, teachers, and social workers who are trying to increase community efficiency by giving opportunity for richer life during school years. I shall indeed be content if through words of mine their happy task shall in any way be lightened. Many have helped, both consciously and unconsciously, in the making of this book. They are indeed so many that, to my regret, in expressing here my gratitude I cannot call each friendly contributor by name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book offers the professional a rich source of ideas about the designed landscape, what these mean to us and how they acquired that significance. Key essays from landscape architects are presented with the authors’ current reflections.

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