Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning & Form
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 4805314273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He traces the influences of Shintoism, Taoism, and, most significantly, Zen Buddhism, and artfully delineates the aesthetics of stone, sand, and gravel arranged to embrace and transcend nature, embody impermanence and stillness, and inspire contemplation and serenity. Considered “seats of the gods,” stones were placed in “purified” clearings that became the prototypes for Japan’s elegant dry-landscape gardens with their astonishing raked sand patterns. From Booklist The term “stone garden” may sound like an oxymoron, but in Japan, for time out of mind, people have sensed that stones are charged with life. --Donna Seaman . An in-depth tour of 15 masterpiece stone gardens ancient and contemporary throughout Japan further deepens our appreciation for these landscapes of aesthetic precision and meditative repose in a book as lovely and restorative as its subject. By creating
Donald Richie (1924–2013), novelist, essayist, journalist, and film scholar, was born in Lima, Ohio, in 1924 but has spent most of the last sixty years witnessing and reporting on the transformation of Japan from postwar devastation to economic powerhouse. He currently resides in Japan, where he is a regular book reviewer for The Japan Times. Stephen Mansfield is a British writer and phot
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.. For this reason, the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created. 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.
"An Important Read" according to martin ruzicka. If you landscape with stones no matter what size or shape the fundamentals explained in this book will cause you never to look at a rock the same way again. Brilliant and informative reading.. Jeffrey E. Combs said Great book was a little History thrown in. This book if full of beautiful photographs of Japanese Gardens. The Japanese stone garden explores and explaines the meaning, the forms, and the origins of the Japanese stone garden. As one reads this book, it seems that in the back of your mind, you are forming your own garden. A great read and study.. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Japanese gardens Marshal Wied Japanese Stone Gardens is an outstanding book. While I was in Kyoto I visited many stone gardens. This book allowed me to appreciated my experience in Kyoto much more. As I read through the book I would look up each garden mentioned on my iPad. This enhanced the reading experience. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Japanese gardens.