TY - SER
KW - Gardens
KW - Gardens, Japanese
KW - Japan
AU - Alison Main
AU - Newell Platten
AB - Stunningly illustrated, this is both a guidebook to accessible gardens in Japan and a revelation of their historical and cultural contexts for the general reader. Containing over 120 accounts of gardens spanning regions east, west, north, and south of Kyoto the book provides a brief description, access notes, and a photograph for easy reference. Interwoven with the essays are personal experiences and notes on travel in different seasons. The appendix includes a glossary of terms and a chronological summary of the gardens in different historical periods. A perfect portable traveling companion, this book is the first to show such a wide geographical spread of gardens throughout Japan. 120 color illustrations
CN - SB466.J3 M35 2002
CY - New York
DA - 01/1970
DP - Library of Congress ISBN
ET - 1st American ed
N2 - Stunningly illustrated, this is both a guidebook to accessible gardens in Japan and a revelation of their historical and cultural contexts for the general reader. Containing over 120 accounts of gardens spanning regions east, west, north, and south of Kyoto the book provides a brief description, access notes, and a photograph for easy reference. Interwoven with the essays are personal experiences and notes on travel in different seasons. The appendix includes a glossary of terms and a chronological summary of the gardens in different historical periods. A perfect portable traveling companion, this book is the first to show such a wide geographical spread of gardens throughout Japan. 120 color illustrations
PB - W.W. Norton
PP - New York
PY - 2002
SN - 978-0-393-73091-3
SP - 206
TI - The lure of the Japanese garden
ER -