Turning Gardens in Japan into Japanese Gardens : Nation, Nature, Heritage, and Modernity since The 1890s.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tagsold, Christian.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the mid nineteenth century, as Japan rapidly modernized, garden building declined in popularity.Only in the late nineteenth century did a new class of political and business leaders revive interest in horticulture, seeking garden designs that broke away from established patterns.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining Gardens in/for Japan-From the Edo Era to the Mid-Meiji Period

Chapter 2: Building New Gardens-The Meiji and Taishō Periods

Chapter 3: Appreciating New Japanese Gardens in the West-From the Late Meiji to Early Shōwa Periods

Chapter 4: The Nation and Japanese Gardens-From the Taishō Period to the End of World War II

Chapter 5: The Garden in Our Backyard-The Postwar Decades

Chapter 6: Gardens as National Heritage between Scholars and Bureaucrats-From the Postwar Era to the Heisei Period

Chapter 7: Turning Gardens into Attractions-The Present Landscape

Chapter 8: A Past Modernity as Heritage?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

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ISBN:

90-485-6380-1

OCLC:

1519438661