Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning Form

168 Pages·2008·166.313 MB·English

by  Stephen Mansfield, Donald Richie (foreword)

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JAPANESE
STONE GARDENS
ORIGINS, MEANING & FORM
STEPHEN MANSFIELD
Foreword by DONALD RICHIE
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore
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Text © 2009 Stephen Mansfield
Library of Congress In Catalog Publication 2011279075
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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).
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