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Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values

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Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values - Slawson, David A
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The art of the Japanese garden is a 1,500-year-old landscape design tradition that is still evolving, still instructive. Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens explains the fundamental principles of this tradition and describes how those principles may be applied to a much wider range of environments than exists in Japan. In the first section the author draws on his own experience as an apprentice to a master gardener in Kyoto, as well as his considerable knowledge of Japanese classical texts, to present the garden ...

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Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values 2013, Kodansha International

ISBN-13: 9781568364940

Trade paperback

Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values 1991, Kodansha

ISBN-13: 9784770015419

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Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values 1987, Kodansha

ISBN-13: 9780870117992

Hardcover