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Japanese Zen Gardens / Yoko Kawaguchi ; photographs by Alex Ramsay.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating SB458 .K39 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kawaguchi, Yoko, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens, Japanese.
- Gardens, Japanese--Zen influences.
- Zen temples.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Frances Lincoln Limited, 2014.
- Summary:
- Historical overview of Japanese Zen Buddhist temples and their accompanying gardens; includes many photographic examples of motifs, symbols and stylistic arrangements of stones, bridges, tree groves, and other elements that encapsulate the influence of long-standing, yet diverse cultures and traditions in Japan.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Japanese Zen temples and their gardens: an historical overview
- pt. 2. Symbols and motifs in Japanese Zen gardens.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: page 207.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: McCormick fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780711234475
- 0711234477
- OCLC:
- 871343877
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