Main entry:

Kawaguchi, Yoko, author.

Title & Author:

Japanese Zen Gardens / Yoko Kawaguchi ; photographs by Alex Ramsay.

Publication:

[London] : Frances Lincoln Limited, 2014
©2014

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index.
pt. 1. Japanese Zen temples and their gardens: an historical overview -- Nanzen-in -- The tradition of the landscape garden in Japan -- Saihō-ji -- Tenryū-ji -- Former villas of the Ashikaga Shōgun: Rokuon-ji and Jishō-ji -- The artist-monk Sesshū and the Jōei-ji garden -- The sub-temples of Kyōto and their gardens -- The south hōjō garden -- Ryōan-ji -- Kobori Enshū and Konchi-in -- Koborie Enshū and Kohō-an -- The tea garden at Jikō-in -- Some examples of early nineteenth century Zen temple gardens -- The twentieth century: Shigemori Mirei and Nakane Kinsaku -- pt. 2. Symbols and motifs in Japanese Zen gardens -- The pond and bridge -- The Ryūmon-baku: the Dragon Gate Waterfall and the carp-stone -- Shumisen -- The Sanzon-seki: three sacred stones -- The Kannon and Fudō stones -- Daoist imagery: the crane, the turtle and the Islands of the Immortals -- The dragon -- Tora-no-ko-watashi: tiger cubs crossing a river -- Seven-five-three gardens -- The sixteen Rakan -- The ox -- Zuhō-in and the image of the cross -- The borrowed landscape -- Zen temple gardens and the tea garden -- Plants -- Visiting temples -- Glossary of terms -- Index -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements.

Summary:

Historical overview of Japanese Zen Buddhist temples and their accompanying gardens; includes many photographic examples of motifs, symbols and stylistic arrangements of stones, bridges, tree groves, and other elements that encapsulate the influence of long-standing, yet diverse cultures and traditions in Japan.

ISBN:

9780711234475
0711234477

Subject:

Gardens, Japanese.
Gardens, Japanese Zen influences.
Zen temples Japan Pictorial works.
Jardins japonais.
Jardins japonais Influence zen.
Temples zen Japon Ouvrages illustrés.
Zen temples
Japan

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Ramsay, Alex, 1950- illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286072
Call No.: BIB 226167
Status: Available