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Japanese Stone Gardens

Origins, Meaning & Form
By Stephen Mansfield
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Japanese Stone Gardens by Stephen Mansfield is a comprehensive exploration of the art and philosophy behind Japan's stone gardens. The book delves into the history, cultural significance, and aesthetic principles that define these tranquil spaces. It offers readers insight into the traditional techniques and materials used in these minimalist landscapes, showcasing their serene beauty and spiritual essence.
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If you're fascinated by the serene beauty and artful design of Japanese gardens, this book may captivate your interest. It delves into the history, aesthetics, and intricate design philosophies that have shaped these tranquil landscapes, offering a journey into the cultural essence of Japan's gardening tradition. Consider this a visual and informative delight for those who appreciate mindful landscaping and the harmonious integration of nature and design.

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Japanese Stone Gardens

Japanese Stone Gardens provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone garden

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The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognised around the globe. These gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors shed the burdens and stresses of everyday existence, satisfying a universal yearning for solitude and repose, and experiencing the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason, the value of the Japanese stone garden is even greater today than when many of them were first created.

Japanese Stone Gardens provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone garden—from their earliest use in ancestral rituals to their appropriation by later Zen monks and priests to create settings conducive to contemplation and meditation. With its insightful text and evocative imagery, this book reveals the hidden order in stone gardens and heightens the enthusiast’s appreciation of them.

Fifteen gardens are featured, including several famous temple gardens of Kyoto, but others less so—spread through southern Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and faraway Okinawa.

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Japanese Stone Gardens by Stephen Mansfield is praised for its evocative exploration of Japan's finest stone gardens, capable of transporting readers with its vivid imagery as noted by the New York Times. Diverse Japan appreciates the book as a valuable resource for enthusiasts of Japanese gardens and Zen, recommending it as a work to revisit and absorb gradually.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9784805314272

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 August 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Tuttle Publishing

Illustration: 150 full-color photos

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Donald Richie

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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Home & Garden Non-Fiction Stephen Mansfield

About the Author

Stephen Mansfield is a British writer and photo journalist whose work has appeared in over 60 magazines, newspapers and journals worldwide. He is the author of several books, including Japan: Islands of the Floating World, Japan's Master Gardens and Tokyo: A Biography. He currently resides in Japan where he is a regular book reviewer for The Japan Times. He has also become an authority on Japanese gardens and has traveled all over Japan to visit and photograph both celebrated and little-known gardens. He recently designed and built a Japanese garden at his home in the outer suburbs of Tokyo, a project that took four seasons to complete.

Donald Richie (1924-2013), novelist, essayist, journalist, and film scholar, was born in Lima, Ohio, in 1924, but has spent most of the last sixty years witnessing and reporting on the transformation of Japan from postwar devastation to economic powerhouse. He was the author of some forty books of fiction and nonfiction, dozens of speeches and essays, and hundreds of book, film, and arts reviews.

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