Japanese Stone Gardens

Author : Stephen Mansfield
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462905980

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Japanese Stone Gardens by Stephen Mansfield Pdf

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.

Author : Isao Yoshikawa
Publisher : Japan Publications Trading
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0870409778

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Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces by Isao Yoshikawa Pdf

A practical guide to planning and constructing a Japanese garden. Step-by-step instructions explain every facet, from displaying plants and rocks to mastering drainage and lighting, to creating bamboo fences and hedges.

Author : Mira Locher
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462910496

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Zen Gardens by Mira Locher Pdf

Shunmyo Masuno, Japan's leading garden designer, is at once Japan's most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular. He has worked in ultramodern urban hotels and in some of Japan's most famous classic gardens. In each project, his work as a designer of landscape architecture is inseparable from his Buddhist practice. Each becomes a Zen garden, "a special spiritual place where the mind dwells." This beautiful book, illustrated with more than 400 drawings and color photographs, is the first complete retrospective of Masuno's work to be published in English. It presents 37 major gardens around the world in a wide variety of types and settings: traditional and contemporary, urban and rural, public spaces and private residences, and including temple, office, hotel and campus venues. Masuno achieved fame for his work in Japan, but he is becoming increasingly known internationally, and in 2011 completed his first commission in the United States which is shown here. Zen Gardens, divided into three chapters, covers: "Traditional Zen Gardens," "Contemporary Zen Gardens" and "Zen Gardens outside Japan." Illustrated with photographs and architectural plans or sketches, each Zen garden design is described and analyzed by author Mira Locher, herself an architect and a scholar well versed in Japanese culture. Celebrating the accomplishments of a major, world-class designer, Zen Gardens also serves as something of a master class in Japanese garden design and appreciation: how to perceive a Japanese garden, how to understand one, even how to make one yourself. Like one of Masuno's gardens, the book can be a place for contemplation and mindful repose.

Author : Stephen Mansfield
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462920709

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100 Japanese Gardens by Stephen Mansfield Pdf

100 Japanese Gardens is an ambitious attempt to profile the finest gardens in Japan, while also highlighting lesser known, but equally accomplished landscapes in less-visited parts of the country. A celebration of Japanese landscape design, this book features gardens from Kyoto and Tokyo, as well as from the sub-arctic island of Hokkaido and the semi-tropical islands of Okinawa. Author Stephen Mansfield traveled the length and breadth of Japan on a quest to identify the most impressive gardens in this vast and culturally varied archipelago. His erudition and love of the Japanese garden shines through on every page, making this the perfect primer for travel to Japan or an enjoyable armchair read for gardening enthusiasts. Mansfield's insightful descriptions of each garden examine design concepts and principles, space management, compositional elements, and the iconographic and metaphysical role of Shinto and Buddhist influences. Through his exquisite visuals and engaging stories, we experience Japanese garden designs not merely as landscapes, but as large-scale art installations.

Author : Joseph Cali,安諸定男
Publisher : チャールズ・イー・タトル出版
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 4805316144

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Inside Your Japanese Garden by Joseph Cali,安諸定男 Pdf

Learn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide! With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing and creating your very own Japanese garden. From small projects like benches and gates, to larger undertakings like bridges and mud walls, this book provides a wide variety of ways to enhance the space around your home, no matter the size. Instructions on how to work with stone, mud and bamboo--as well as a catalogue of the 94 plant varieties used in the gardens shown in the book--round out this complete guide. This book also features 20 gardens that author Sadao Yasumoro has designed and built in Japan, and some--like those at Visvim shop in Tokyo and at Yushima Tenjin in Tokyo--are open to the public. From small tsuboniwa courtyard gardens to a large backyard stroll garden with water features, stairs and walls, these real-life inspirations will help spark your own garden plan. These inspirational garden projects include: Tea Garden for an Urban Farmhouse featuring a clay wall with a split-bamboo frame and a stone base The Landslide That Became a Garden with a terraced slope, trees, bushes, long grasses and moss A Buddha's Mountain Retreat of Moss and Stone with vertical-split bamboo and brushwood fencing Paradise in an Urban Jungle with a pond, Japanese-style bridge, and stone lanterns Each garden is beautifully photographed by Hironori Tomino and many have diagrams and drawings to show the essential elements used in the planning and construction.

Author : Marc P. Keane
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462905966

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Japanese Garden Design by Marc P. Keane Pdf

Filled with gorgeous photographs, this book explains the theory, history, and intricacies of Japanese gardening. The creation of a Japanese garden combines respect for nature with adherence to simple principles of aesthetics and structure. In Japanese Garden Design, landscape architect Marc Peter Keane presents the history and development of the classical metaphors that underlie all 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. Creative inspiration is found in the prehistoric origin of Japanese concepts of nature; the gardens of Heian aristocrats; the world-renowned Zen garden, or rock garden; the tea garden; courtyard garden; and stroll garden. Detailed explanations of basic design concepts identify and interpret the symbolism of various garden forms and demonstrate these principles in use today in Japanese landscape architecture. Topics include: Design Principles Design Techniques Design Elements Godspirit in Nature Poetry in Paradise The Art of Emptiness Spiritual Passage Private Niches A Collector's Park

Author : Sophie Walker
Publisher : Phaidon Press Limited
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UCSD:31822044003770

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The Japanese Garden by Sophie Walker Pdf

An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden. 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, ranging from ancient Shinto shrines to imperial gardens and contemporary Zen designs. Leading artists, architects, and other cultural practitioners offer personal perspectives in newly commissioned essays.

Author : Merviö, Mika Markus
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781799889984

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Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Studies on Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment by Merviö, Mika Markus Pdf

As healthcare, culture, and the environment remain crucial aspects of modern society, the current issues and opportunities within each sector must be examined and considered in order to ensure their success in the future. These critical fields should be studied in relation to each other as they must work in tandem to create a better society. The Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Studies on Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment presents innovative ideas and emerging research to highlight critical trends focusing on the relationship between healthcare, environmental wellbeing, and society and culture. Covering a range of topics such as sustainability, leadership, and food security, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Author : Stephen Mansfield
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462908523

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Japan's Master Gardens by Stephen Mansfield Pdf

Featuring stunning photographs and thoughtful commentary this Japanese gardening book is a must have for any gardening enthusiast. No two Japanese gardens are ever the same. Each is inimitable, yet embodies commonalities of design and aesthetic taste. Each finds the space for innovation within a tradition that benefits from a thousand years of applied knowledge in gardening and landscape architecture. Japan's Master Gardens explores the ingenuity and range of Japanese landscaping, from the self-imposed confines of courtyard designs to the open expanses of the stroll garden. In this beautifully illustrated book, Stephen Mansfield takes readers on an exploration of the outward forms, underlying principles, complex use of metaphor and allusion, and beauty and depth that set the Japanese garden apart. Topics include: A Sense of Nature The Modular Garden Landscape Gardens Requisitioning Space Healing Gardens

Author : Marc Keane
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781880656709

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The Art of Setting Stones by Marc Keane Pdf

A garden designer in Japan looks deeply into nature and composition to discover truth and beauty.

Author : Mira Locher,Shunmyo Masuno
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462922178

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Zen Garden Design by Mira Locher,Shunmyo Masuno Pdf

Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today's busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden--even in the most urban of spaces--can provide some respite. In his words, "The garden is a special spiritual place where the mind dwells." With this in mind, Masuno has designed scores of spectacular Japanese gardens and landscapes with the aim of helping people achieve a balanced life in the 21st century. This book explores Masuno's design process and ideas, which are integral to his daily Zen training and teachings. It features 15 unique gardens and contemplative landscapes completed in six countries over as many years--all thoughtfully described and documented in full-color photos and drawings. Readers will also find insights on Masuno's philosophy of garden design and a conversation between the designer and famed architect Terunobu Fujimori. Zen Garden Design provides an in-depth examination of Masuno's gardens and landscapes--not just as beautiful spaces, but as places for meditation and contemplation.

Author : François Berthier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226044122

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Reading Zen in the Rocks by François Berthier Pdf

The classic essay on the "karesansui" garden by French art historian Berthier has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of Zen rock gardens. 37 halftones.

Author : Jake Hobson
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780881928358

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Niwaki by Jake Hobson Pdf

Over the years, Japanese gardeners have fine-tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques that coax out the essential characters of their garden trees, or niwaki. In this highly practical book, Western gardeners are encouraged to draw upon the techniques and sculpt their own garden trees to unique effect. After first discussing the principles that underpin the techniques, the author offers in-depth guidelines for shaping pines, azaleas, conifers, broadleaved evergreens, bamboos and deciduous trees. Throughout the text, step-by-step illustrations accompany the instructions, while abundant photographs and anecdotes bring the ideas surrounding niwaki vividly to life.

Author : Kazuhiko Fukuda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 0804803188

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Japanese Stone Gardens by Kazuhiko Fukuda Pdf

Author : Yoko Kawaguchi
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781607651819

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Authentic Japanese Gardens by Yoko Kawaguchi Pdf

Discover how to recreate Japanese garden design and detail in either urban or country settings, with practical advice and stunning color photography.