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Japanese Garden Design
by Marc P. Keane • Haruzo Ohashi (Photographer)
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 2004
- PAPER
- 184 PAGES
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An illustrated introduction to the aesthetics and meanings of Japanese gardens. It relates the social, religious and historical contexts to landscape and garden design. With chapters on the origins of the Japanese garden, gardens of Heian aristocrats, gardens of Zen Buddhism, tea gardens, Tsuba gardens and Edo stroll gardens. The author is a landscape architect and garden designer living in Japan.
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