Research Catalog

Title

Japanese gardens for today. With a foreword by Richard Neutra.

Author

Engel, David H. (David Harris)

Publication

Tokyo, Rutland, Vt., C.E. Tuttle Co. [1959]

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Details

Description

xvi, 270 p. illus. (part col.); 28 cm.

Summary

"This book is, first and foremost, a practical, down-to-earth explanation of how the basic rules of Japanese garden design and care may be applied in other countries to achieve the same, miracle-like effects that have made Japanese gardens preeminent in the field of landscape art."

Subject

• Landscape gardening > Japan
• Gardening > Japan
• Gardens, Japanese > Japan
• Jardins > Architecture > Japon
• Jardinage > Japon
• Jardins japonais > Japon
• Gardens, Japanese
• Gardening
• Landscape gardening
• Japan

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 265-266.

Contents

1. Some universal garden effects -- Space & vista -- Privacy -- Age & antiquity -- Rhythm of nature -- Imagination -- 2. Some human principles -- Logical unity -- Economic unity -- Esthetic unity -- Spiritual unity -- 3. Some intrinsic characteristics -- Humanized naturalism -- Line & mass vs. color -- Genji's garden -- The static quality & evergreens -- Yin & yang -- Something of symbolism -- 4. Conventional classifications -- Artificial-hill garden -- Flat garden -- Tea garden -- Three moods -- 5. Some design techniques -- 6. Arranging rocks & stones -- 7. Integration of house & garden -- 8. Water features -- Streams -- Ponds, lakes, islands -- Waterfalls -- 9. Enclosures : fences, walls, hedges, gates -- 10. Steppingstones & pavements -- 11. Artifacts -- Lanterns -- Basins -- Sculpture, towers, wells -- Bridges -- Sand designs -- Sound effects -- 12. Garden care & plant pruning.

LCCN

59008191

OCLC

• ocm00938253
• 938253
• SCSB-9825438

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library