The Gardens Of Kyoto

Author : Kate Walbert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743219785

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From the National Book Award nominated, New York Times bestselling author of A Short History of Women and The Sunken Cathedral, Walbert’s beautiful and heartbreaking novel about a young woman coming of age in the long shadow of World War II—“An intricately plotted, thrillingly imagined ­narrative...A masterpiece” (The New York Times Book Review). Forty years after enduring the Second World War as a young woman, Ellen relates the events of this turbulent period, beginning with the death of her favorite cousin, Randall, with whom she shared Easter Sundays, childhood secrets, and, perhaps, the first taste of love. When he dies on Iwo Jima, she turns to the legacy he left her: his diary and a book called The Gardens of Kyoto. Each one subtly influences her perception of her place in the world, the nature of her memories. Moving back and forth through time and place, Kate Walbert recreates a world touched by the shadows of war and a society in which women fit their desires into prescribed roles. Unfolding in lyrical, seductive prose, The Gardens of Kyoto becomes a mesmerizing exploration of the interplay of love and loss.

Author : Thomas Daniell
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462905904

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Houses and Gardens of Kyoto by Thomas Daniell Pdf

For all the damage that has occurred over the centuries, for all the relentless and destructive modernization still taking place today, Kyoto, imperial capital for more than a millennium, remains a rich, inexhaustible archive of Japanese cultural history. Houses and Gardens of Kyoto introduces a broad array of Kyoto's traditional houses from every period of the city's history. They range from summer villas to townhouses, from monumental Buddhist temples to insubstantial garden pavilions, from personal homes to traditional inns. All have their associated outdoor spaces, whether condensed courtyard gardens, picturesque stroll gardens, "dry landscape" stone gardens, or the "borrowed scenery" of distant landscapes. Both exquisite photo album and fascinating historical study, Houses and Gardens of Kyoto is sure to be the standard reference work on this topic for many decades to come.

Author : Marc Treib,Ron Herman
Publisher : Oro Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 1940743672

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A Guide to the Gardens of Kyoto by Marc Treib,Ron Herman Pdf

Designed for the layman as well as the professional, this concise yet comprehensive guide provides both practical information and theoretical insights into the design of the Japanese garden. Kyoto, the capital of Japan for over one thousand years, possesses a richness of garden art without equal as a living chronicle of Japanese cultural history and environmental design. Following the introductory essays are individual entries for more than 50 temple and palace gardens. The text is augmented by an excellent selection of photographs, historical prints, maps, and color plates.

Author : Leslie Buck
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604698046

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Cutting Back by Leslie Buck Pdf

This absorbing debut memoir recounts an American gardener’s apprenticeship with the most prestigious gardening firm in Kyoto.

Author : Kate Walbert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780684869490

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A coming-of-age story set during wartime retraces one woman's struggles with romance as her favorite cousin Randall is called away to the battlefields of the South Pacific.

Author : Judith Clancy
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462915033

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Kyoto Gardens by Judith Clancy Pdf

"Bring the art and beauty of Japan to your garden with inspiration from Kyoto Gardens." —HGTV Gardens Featuring beautiful Japanese garden photography and insightful writing, Kyoto Gardens is a labor of love from master photographer Ben Simmons and Kyoto-based writer Judith Clancy. In their rocks and plants, empty spaces and intimate details—Kyoto's gardens manifest a unique ability to provoke thought and delight in equal measure. These varied landscapes meld the sensuality of nature with the disciplines of cosmology, poetry and meditation. Japanese aristocrats created these gardens to display not just wealth and power, but cultural sensitivity and an appreciation for transcendent beauty. A class of professional gardeners eventually emerged, transforming Japanese landscape design into a formalized art. Today, Kyoto's gardens display an enormous range of forms—from rock gardens display of extreme minimalism and subtle hues, to stroll gardens of luscious proportions and vibrant colors. In Kyoto Gardens Simmons' photographs present a fresh and contemporary look at Kyoto's most important gardens. Their beauty is enhanced and humanized by gardeners tending the grounds using the tools of their art. Clancy's graceful text provides historic, aesthetic and cultural context to the Japanese gardens. Combining wonder and rigor, she describes how Kyoto's most beloved gardens remain faithful to their founders' creative spirit and conception. Journey to Kyoto's thirty gardens with just a turn of a page, or use the handy maps to plan your trip.

Author : John Dougill
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462919581

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Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto by John Dougill Pdf

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Author : Sophie Walker
Publisher : Phaidon Press Limited
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Norris Brock Johnson
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781611725261

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Tenryu-ji by Norris Brock Johnson Pdf

This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto and a major destination for tourism and worship, weaves together history, design, culture, and personal reflection to reveal the inner workings of a great spiritual institution. Looking at Tenryuji's present as a mirror to its past, and detailing the famous pond and rockwork composition by renowned designer Muso Soseki, Norris Brock Johnson presents the first full-length "biography" of a Zen temple garden. Norris Brock Johnson is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and has been teaching and writing about Japanese temple gardens for over twenty years.

Author : Stephen Mansfield
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,6 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 : Judith Clancy
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780893469917

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Exploring Kyoto by Judith Clancy Pdf

New edition of the acclaimed guidebook to Japan's most popular tourist destination.

Author : John H. Martin,Phyllis G. Martin
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462906352

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Kyoto by John H. Martin,Phyllis G. Martin Pdf

Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital and modern-day center of tourism and traditional culture, is one of the world's most beautiful and historic cities. Founded nearly 1,300 years ago and undamaged by the war, Kyoto today is the home of over 1,600 Buddhist temples, 400 Shinto shrines, countless national treasures and 17 World Heritage sites, including the famed Golden Pavilion, Nijo Castle and Kiyomizu Temple. This book presents 29 easy–to–follow walking tours through Kyoto's history, its many unique districts and scenic areas full of charm and character. You'll discover not only the most renowned sites, such as the Silver Pavilion, the rock garden at Ryoan–ji Temple and the garden of the Heian Shrine, but also little–known areas off the beaten track. Much more than a guidebook, this volume tells the historical and cultural story of Kyoto's great monuments. The colorful tales, fascinating facts, larger–than–life characters and grand events that shaped the city and Japan at large will enthrall every reader. This updated and greatly expanded guide features over 100 color photos, full–color maps that trace each route and detailed diagrams of many individual sites.

Author : 水野克比古
Publisher : 光村推古書院
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 4838102534

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Kyō No Tsuboniwa by 水野克比古 Pdf

This concise collection presents 50 delicate photos of Kyoto's traditional tsubo-niwa, or courtyard gardens. With beautiful photographs by leading photographer Katsuhiko Mizuno, this book is an excellent guide to Kyoto and its gardens.

Author : Katsuhiko Mizuno
Publisher : Kodansha Amer Incorporated
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 4770030231

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Courtyard Gardens of Kyoto's Merchant Houses by Katsuhiko Mizuno Pdf

Exquisite photos and insightful text reveal the gardens hidden within the traditional town houses of he merchants of Kyoto.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Gardens
ISBN : LCCN:72187242

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Gardens in Kyoto by Anonim Pdf