Gardens Of Japan

by HARADA

• ISBN13: 9780710307491
• ISBN10: 0710307497
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This charming volume presents a rare opportunity to view the gardens of Meiji Japan from the inside, as seen through the eyes of an official of the Imperial Household in 1928. In Japan, the garden is considered a barometer of the nation's prosperity and character, and different periods in history have produced different kinds of gardens. Harada gives brief summaries of them all, including the Edo period (1603-1867), when professional gardeners first took over the design of gardens from priests, and reveals a few of the subtle distinctions that the Japanese use to distinguish between different kinds of gardens that appear identical to Western eyes. As a reaction to all things foreign, the gardens of the Meiji Restoration period (1868-1912), revived the earlier simpler cha-no-yu style of garden heavily influenced by Zen. Rare period photographs of famous parks and the now vanished gardens of Japanese aristocrats show gardens in a more naturalistic style than is common in Japan today.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
History	3	(5)
To Nara Period	3	(1)
Heian Period	3	(1)
Kamakura Period	4	(1)
Nambukocho and Muromachi Periods	4	(1)
Momoyama Period	5	(1)
Edo Period	5	(2)
Since Restoration of 1868	7	(1)
Different Styles of Nippon Gardens	8	(18)
Garden Planning	8	(1)
General Classification	8	(1)
Shin, Gyo and So Forms of Treatment	8	(15)
Dried up and Rock Gardens	23	(1)
Water Gardens	24	(1)
Literary Men's Style	24	(1)
Cha-No-Yu Gardens	24	(1)
Approaches	25	(1)
Gardens Parts and Accessories	26	(12)
Cascades	26	(1)
Streams and Springs	26	(1)
Lakes	27	(1)
Hills	27	(1)
Islands	27	(1)
Bridges	28	(1)
Stones	28	(1)
Stepping Stones and Pavement	29	(1)
Sand	30	(1)
Trees and Plants	30	(2)
Wells	32	(1)
Water Basins	32	(1)
Lanterns	33	(1)
Pagodas and other Ornaments	33	(1)
Rest Arbours and Cha-Seki	33	(1)
Gateways and Fences	34	(1)
Garden Care and Winter Decorations	34	(4)
Conclusion	38