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JSG pp. 00-09 Prelims V3.indd 1 6/5/16 12:12 PM 2 JSG pp. 00-09 Prelims V3.indd 2 6/5/16 12:12 PM JAPANESE STONE GARDENS ORIGINS, MEANING & FORM STEPHEN MANSFIELD Foreword by DONALD RICHIE TUTTLE Publishing Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore JSG pp. 00-09 Prelims V3.indd 3 9/5/16 11:46 AM Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd www.tuttlepublishing.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Photos © 2009 Stephen Mansfield Text © 2009 Stephen Mansfield Library of Congress In Catalog Publication 2011279075 ISBN 978-4-8053-1427-2 ISBN 978-1-4629-0598-0 (Ebook) Previously published ISBN 978-4-8053-1056-4 Distributed by: North America, Latin America & Asia Pacific Europe Berkeley Books Pte Ltd Tuttle Publishing 3 Kallang Sector #04-01 364 Innovation Drive Singapore 349278 North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 Tel: (65) 6741 2178 U.S.A. Fax: (65) 6741 2179 Tel: 1 (802) 773-8930 [email protected] Fax: 1 (802) 773-6993 www.tuttlepublishing.com [email protected] www.tuttlepublishing.com 25 24 23 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Japan Tuttle Publishing Printed in China Yaekari Building 3rd Floor 2112EP 5-4-12 Osaki Shinagawa-ku TUTTLE PUBLISHING® is a Tokyo 141-0032 registered trademark of Tel: (81) 3 5437-0171 Tuttle Publishing, a division of Fax: (81) 3 5437-0755 Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. [email protected] www.tuttle.co.jp FRONT ENDPAPER Stone pillars PAGE 2 Stepping stones at from a former temple outhouse Raikyu-ji (page 128) lead to are used to create a side garden a cluster of rocks commonly at Tofuku-ji Temple (page 108). interpreted as representing either Mount Sumisen or a BACK ENDPAPER Flat stones at crane island. the edge of gravel at Raikyu-ji Temple (page 128) were later RIGHT Large granite rocks at a additions to the garden. pavilion beside Kongobu-ji, a Shingon sect temple on Mount PAGE 1 The perfect shakkei or Koya, a sacred Buddhist complex “borrowed view“ at Shoden-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. Temple (page120). JSG pp. 00-09 Prelims.indd 4 4/10/21 3:37 PM 5 JSG pp. 00-09 Prelims V3.indd 5 6/5/16 12:13 PM 6 JSG pp. 00-09 Prelims V3.indd 6 6/5/16 12:13 PM

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