Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning & Form

A very well done book...with information about such things as rocks, rock formations, and the meanings thereof that I had been unable to find in other publications over the years. I also recently purchased two other books published by Tuttle on Japanese gardens, one at the Cleveland Museum of Art and one through amazon.com, about which I could say the same thing.

This book not only provides a detailed explanation but also beautiful photos of many interesting stone gardens throughout Japan. For other books on Japanese gardens, I recommend books by Marc P Keane (Japanese Garden Design), David and Michiko Young (The Art of the Japanese Garden), Geeta K Mehta and Kimie Tada (Japanese gardens - Tranquility, Simplicity and Harmony).

Shipped great with no issues to the book. Very informative and paired well with the Zen garden I bought for mamasan. Perfect!

Well thought out well written and well presented.

Nice book on stone gardening.

Reading this book helped me to brave the making of a boulder garden,which is beautiful.,

Japanese Stone Gardens is an outstanding book. While I was in Kyoto I visited many stone gardens. This book allowed me to appreciated my experience in Kyoto much more. As I read through the book I would look up each garden mentioned on my iPad. This enhanced the reading experience. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Japanese gardens.

Lots of variety in types of gardens. A lot of history and design background. I am using it to help drsign a small garden for myself.

Todo ok.

Les différents chapitres permettent d'analyser les composants des jardins.

This is an exquisite, beautifully produced book - 160 glossy pages, with a multitude of photographs to transport you to a place of peace and harmony, far from the madding crowd and turmoil of much of today's world. The chapter headings are bold, but the print in the main body of the text is a little on the light side, although I had no trouble reading it with my specs on.In Part One, the reader is introduced to the ancient world of Japanese Gardens, their Chinese origins, Zen design elements, 'Gardens of the Higher Self', and modern versions of stone gardens. However, it's not only about stones and 'empty space', as you will see from the book cover; shrubs, trees, moss etc. all have a part of to play in the harmonious and transporting designs.Part Two features 15 gardens in Japan, from the famous Temple Gardens of Kyoto to another at the Canadian Embassy and one in far away Okinawa.I have a small rock garden, which I created when I was allowed to keep some stunning boulders delivered to me by mistake, but it's a modern, colourful affair, with very little in common with a Japanese Garden. However, that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the value of silent spaces, and I shall be dipping into this beautiful book on a regular basis, whenever I feel the need to relax and appreciate that other life which exists beyond the jangle and tangle of modern living. And all this for well under ten pounds (I'm very canny when it comes to scanning the buying options.)

There are some great pictures in here and the details on the stone gardens is really informative.

Good pictures and good background and useful in preparation of plans for our stone garden