- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: WW Norton (May 30 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393730913
- ISBN-13: 978-0393730913
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 830 g
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#585,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #100 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Japanese Gardens
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Book Description
A delightful journey through the gardens of Japan—their art, culture, and history. This beautifully designed book is a guide to gardens in Japan and a revelation of their historical and cultural contexts. Offering a tour of over 120 gardens spanning east, west, north, and south in Japan, the authors provide a brief description, beautiful photographs, and directions for easy reference, interwoven with notes on personal experiences and travel in different seasons. A glossary of terms and a chronological summary of the gardens in different historical periods are included. A perfect reference for visitors to Japan as well as armchair travelers, this book is the first to show such a wide geographical spread of gardens throughout Japan, and will be beloved by all garden lovers and anyone captivated by this unique element of Japanese culture. 120 color photographs and illustrations.
About the Author
Alison Main and Newell Platten are both retired architects. Main practices as an artist, and Platten is an urban design consultant.
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Every year or so we wander on and off trains, squeezing our bags into coin lockers and chatting about garden locations to serious girls in tourist information offices, hotel managers, the local police and a variety of people who leap out of the crowd to tell us about their holiday in Australia. Read the first page
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Every year or so we wander on and off trains, squeezing our bags into coin lockers and chatting about garden locations to serious girls in tourist information offices, hotel managers, the local police and a variety of people who leap out of the crowd to tell us about their holiday in Australia. Read the first page
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Amazing imagery!, July 17 2011
By Gina Hulse - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lure Of The Japanese Garden (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed reading this. It took me into the heart of Japan, and helped me to design my garden as authentic as possible.
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