Author : Takashi Sawano
Publisher : Japan Publications Trading
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780870409622
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.
Author : Motomi Oguchi
Publisher : Kodansha USA Incorporated
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 23,27 MB
Release : 2007-04-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9784770028044
In this book, renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from gardens he has designed, constructed, and photographed to illustrate his key points, approaching each work from the perspective of the home or building owner. Oguchi begins with front gardens, as these are usually what one encounters first when entering a home. Typically, these front plantings are not defined Japanese garden types but rather, physical areas. He then moves on to tsubo niwa (courtyard gardens) and kare sansui (dry gardens) that might be found in the middle or rear of a building, or any available small space. Next, he introduces tea and tree gardens, which are more likely to be sections of a larger garden; and highlights specific characteristics and conditions of interior gardens. Within each chapter are general layouts and methods of developing the various gardens, which precede specific, step-by-step instructions. The author also offers practical and affordable variations on more ambitious designs and shows how they can be adapted to the readers home or building. In addition, Oguchi emphasizes the importance of proper maintenance and offers suggestions for special touches and restoration.
Author : Herb L. Gustafson
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 14,86 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781402745003
BPL copy given in memory of Billie Madeley by Beverly Estates Homeowners Association.
Author : Alvin Horton
Publisher : Meredith Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2003-01-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780897214896
Getting started -- Designing a Japanese garden -- Elements of Japanese gardens -- Plants for Japanese gardens.
Author : David Young
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 30,74 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 146290582X
**Winner of the 2006 American Horticultural Society Book Award** The Art of the Japanese Garden is the only historical overview of Japanese gardens that covers Japanese gardening culture in one beautiful book. Japanese gardens are rooted in two traditions: an indigenous prehistoric tradition in which patches of graveled forest or pebbled beach were dedicated to nature spirits, and a tradition from China and Korea that included elements such as ponds, streams, waterfalls, rock compositions and a variety of vegetation. The Art of the Japanese Garden traces the development and blending of these two traditions, as well as the inclusion of new features as gardening reached new heights of sophistication on Japanese soil. 300 full-color Japanese garden illustrations and photographs highlight notable gardens in Japan, including graveled courtyards, early aristocratic gardens, esoteric and paradise gardens, Zen gardens, warrior gardens, tea gardens and stroll gardens. Also included are sections on modern trends and Japanese gardens in other countries.
Author : Patricia Jonas
Publisher : Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781889538204
From the Publisher: Covering the basic principles, aesthetics, and design practices of Japanese gardens, this book provides the practical information gardeners need to adapt these ideals to North American landscapes and sensibilities. Not a step-by-step construction manual, it teaches the fundamental principles of integrating house, garden, and landscape by making art from simple groupings of rocks, plants, and water and opening Japanese symbolism to elements with universal significance, such as water and paths. Included is an extensive encyclopedia of appropriate plants to use based on creating and defining particular eco-regions.
Author : O. Suzuki
Publisher : Books Nippan
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9784766108132
This book provides numerous examples of hedges and ground cover plants used for Japanese homes and public buildings. Supported by 450 photographs, it illustrates approximately 200 species of plants with detailed explanations of how to take care of them, re-plant and propagate them. The functions of plants against intruders, wind, dust and fire are also explained. There are also features on various types of short grasses commonly found in traditional Japanese gardens.
Author : Kendall H. Brown
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 146291957X
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.
Author : Marc P. Keane
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 146290596X
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
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Publisher : Books Nippan
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9783910052635
The Japanese garden takes as its primary subject the beauty of nature, seeking to harmonize with the natural surroundings while at the same time representing an idealized human world. This book introduces garden projects by four members of the Association, each with his own distinct style, by which, not only the beauty of the modern Japanese garden can be appreciated, but likewise understood and utilized by those with an interest in creating their own garden. The works introduced in this book have a sound basis in the traditions of the Japanese garden, but are equally unique as examples of the aesthetics of space. They range in size from expansive areas to one measuring only 6.6 sq. meters, and were created for temples, shrines, inns, restaurants and individuals, resulting in a selection which is both eclectic and rich in the creative ideas of the individual designers. The comments of the aims of the planners, and the crafts and features of the gardens, are included. Although the book does not attempt to be a manual of garden-building, the fifty gardens which it contains will provide creators of gardens with invaluable suggestions and ideas for their projects.
