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Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form (Hardback)
$23.71 - Save $14.45 37% off - RRP $38.16 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Japanese Stone Gardens"To contemplate the stone garden is to gaze upon an emptiness that leads to enlightenment."--Donald Richie, from his foreword
Full description- Publisher: Tuttle Shokai Inc
- Published: 10 October 2009
- Format: Hardback 140 pages
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- Categories: Gardens (descriptions, History Etc) | Garden Design & Planning
- ISBN 13: 9784805310564 ISBN 10: 4805310561
- Sales rank: 191,942
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Full description for Japanese Stone Gardens
The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognized around the globe. These gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and repose, and experience the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created. "Japanese Stone Gardens" provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone garden--from their earliest use as props in animistic rituals, to their appropriation by Zen monks and priests to create settings conducive to contemplation and finally to their contemporary uses and meaning. With insightful text and abundant imagery, this book reveals the hidden order of stone gardens and in the process heightens the enthusiast's appreciation of them.
