The Japanese Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Japanese Garden write by Sophie Walker. This book was released on 2017-11-08. The Japanese Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden. The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden designer Sophie Walker brings fresh insight to this subject, exploring the Japanese garden in detail through a series of essays and with 100 featured gardens, ranging from ancient Shinto shrines to imperial gardens and contemporary Zen designs. Leading artists, architects, and other cultural practitioners offer personal perspectives in newly commissioned essays.
Quiet Beauty
Quiet Beauty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quiet Beauty write by Kendall H. Brown. This book was released on 2013-04-23. Quiet Beauty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. *Gold Medal winner in the 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Home & Garden* "Just flipping through the pages of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America will instantly lower your blood pressure."--The New York Times Book Review Quiet Beauty: Japanese Gardens of North America is an extraordinary look at the most beautiful and serene gardens of the United States and Canada. Most Japanese garden books look to the gardens of Japan. Quiet Beauty explores the treasure trove of Japanese gardens located in North America. Featuring an intimate look at twenty-six gardens, with numerous stunning color photographs of each, that detail their style, history, and special functions, this book explores the ingenuity and range of Japanese landscaping. Japanese gardens have been part of North American culture for almost 150 years. Quiet Beauty is a thought provoking look at the history of their introduction to the world of North American gardening and how this aspect of Japanese culture has taken root and flourished. Japanese gardens include: Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California Nitobe Memorial Garden, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Japanese Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Texas Garden of the Pine Winds, Denver Botanic Gardena, Colorado Japanese Garden, Montreal Botanical Garden, Quebec Tenshin'en (The Garden of the Heart of Heaven), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Roji'en (Garden of Drops of Dew), The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Japanese Gardens, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, Margaret T. Hance Park, Arizona Garden of the Pine Wind, Garvan Woodland Garden, Hot Springs, Arkansas
The Gardens of Japan
The Gardens of Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gardens of Japan write by Teiji Itoh. This book was released on 1998. The Gardens of Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Textually informative and a treat for the eyes, THE GARDENS OF JAPAN begins with the origins and history of the garden in Japan, discusses the different types that evolved over time, and brings the story up to date. Gardens featured include some of the most famous in the country. 78 color and 150 b&w photos; 30 plans and drawings.
Inside Your Japanese Garden
Inside Your Japanese Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inside Your Japanese Garden write by Joseph Cali. This book was released on 2022-01-28. Inside Your Japanese Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Learn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide! With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing and creating your very own Japanese garden. From small projects like benches and gates, to larger undertakings like bridges and mud walls, this book provides a wide variety of ways to enhance the space around your home, no matter the size. Instructions on how to work with stone, mud and bamboo--as well as a catalogue of the 94 plant varieties used in the gardens shown in the book--round out this complete guide. This book also features 20 gardens that author Sadao Yasumoro has designed and built in Japan, and some--like those at Visvim shop in Tokyo and at Yushima Tenjin in Tokyo--are open to the public. From small tsuboniwa courtyard gardens to a large backyard stroll garden with water features, stairs and walls, these real-life inspirations will help spark your own garden plan. These inspirational garden projects include: Tea Garden for an Urban Farmhouse featuring a clay wall with a split-bamboo frame and a stone base The Landslide That Became a Garden with a terraced slope, trees, bushes, long grasses and moss A Buddha's Mountain Retreat of Moss and Stone with vertical-split bamboo and brushwood fencing Paradise in an Urban Jungle with a pond, Japanese-style bridge, and stone lanterns Each garden is beautifully photographed by Hironori Tomino and many have diagrams and drawings to show the essential elements used in the planning and construction.
Images and Reviews of Japanese Gardens in California
Images and Reviews of Japanese Gardens in California - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Images and Reviews of Japanese Gardens in California write by Evert Tigner. This book was released on 2018-02-22. Images and Reviews of Japanese Gardens in California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Images and Reviews of Japanese Gardens in California By: Evert Tigner In Evert Tigner’s Images and Reviews of Japanese Gardens in California, he lists and introduces many beautiful Japanese gardens in California. The Japanese gardens in the area of Kyoto, Japan, sparked his lifelong interest in this unique field of study. Tigner discovered Japanese gardens in Japan when he was in the military. Living in California, he discovered many there as well. From his vast knowledge of these gardens, he is able to depict their location, history and their design including the distinctive elements that were used in their creation.
