Japanese Garden Design

Author: Marc P. Keane
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146290596X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 762

Book Description
This book, filled with gorgeous photographs, 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

The Japanese Garden

Author: Sophie Walker
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
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.

Inside Your Japanese Garden

Author: Joseph Cali
Publisher: チャールズ・イー・タトル出版
ISBN: 9784805316146
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
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.

Authentic Japanese Gardens

Author: Yoko Kawaguchi
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607651815
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 415

Book Description
This beautifully illustrated book offers a practical guide to recreating traditional Japanese-style gardens. Authentic Japanese Gardens is the only book that explains how non-Japanese plants and materials can be used to achieve the natural, minimalist look of Japanese garden designs. This revised, photo-heavy edition features new text and stunning new color photography. Now available in paperback and re-sized to 8.5” x 11”, this book was formerly published as Serene Gardens (ISBN: 978-1-78009-517-2).

Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces

Author: Isao Yoshikawa
Publisher: Japan Publications Trading
ISBN: 9780870409776
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
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.

Creating Your Own Japanese Garden

Author: Takashi Sawano
Publisher: Japan Publications Trading
ISBN: 9780870409622
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
This book offers detailed step-by-step advice on how to design and construct Japanese gardens in various environments, using only materials widely available in the West.

Zen Gardens

Author: Mira Locher
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462910491
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 680

Book Description
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Visionary Landscapes

Author: Kendall H. Brown
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146291957X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 535

Book Description
Japanese gardens are found throughout the world today--their unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese gardening book examines the work of five leading landscape architects in North America who are exploring the extraordinary power of Japanese-style garden design to create an immersive experience promoting personal and social well-being. Master garden designers Hoichi Kurisu, Takeo Uesugi, David Slawson, Shin Abe and Marc Keane have each interpreted the style and meaning of the Japanese garden in unique ways in their innovative designs for private, commercial and public spaces. Several recent Japanese-style gardens by each designer are featured in this book with detailed descriptions and sumptuous color photos. Hoichi Kurisu--transformative spaces for spiritual and physical equilibrium. Takeo Uesugi--bright, flowing gardens that evoke joyful living. David Slawson--evocations of native place that fuse with the surrounding landscape. Shin Abe--dynamically balanced "visual stories" that produce meaning and comfort. Marc Keane--reflections on human connections with nature through the art of gardens. Also included are essays on the designers and mini-essays by them about gardens in Japan which have most inspired their work, as well as commentaries by patrons and visitors to their North American gardens. The book focuses on recently-created gardens to suggest how the art form is currently evolving, and to understand how Japanese garden design principles and practices are being adapted to suit the needs and ways of people living and working outside Japan today.

Japanese Garden Design

Author: Charles Chesshire
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781844769964
Category : Gardens, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An inspiring history of the classical gardens of Japan and a practical study of their distinctive characteristics and design features, with 420 color photographs.

Japanese Garden Notes

Author: Marc Peter Keane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781611720358
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Marc Peter Keane's personal journey through 100 Japanese gardens, looking at them with a designer's eye.