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.
