Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America

187 Pages·2013·28.15 MB·English

by  Kendall H. Brown

Q U I E T B E A U T Y: T hE J Ap AnE sE gAr dEn s o f n o r Th AmErIc A

Quiet Beauty
The Japanese Gardens of North America
Kendall H. Brown
Photographs by David M. Cobb
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Text © 2013 Kendall H. Brown
Photographs © 2013 David M. Cobb
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brown, Kendall H.
Quiet beauty : Japanese gardens of North America / Kendall H. Brown ; photographs by
David M. Cobb.
p. cm.
Japanese gardens of North America
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Gardens, Japanese--North America. 2. Gardens, Japanese—North America—Pictorial
works. I. Cobb, David M. II. Title. III. Title: Japanese gardens of North America.
SB458.B76 2013
712.097--dc23
2012036548
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Front and back endpapers A Japanese maple lights up the sky at the Portland Japanese Garden.
Page 1 A brilliant torii set in the pond garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York.
Pages 2–3 The moon bridge at the Huntington Botanic Garden, San Marino, California.
Pages 4–5 A bridge and yukimi-style lantern mark a transition at the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, New York.
Page 7 A viewing pavilion in the pond garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.