The Japanese courtyard garden : landscapes for small spaces / Kanto Shigemori ; with photographs by Katsuhiko Mizuno ; translated by Pamela Pasti.

Main entry:

Shigemori, Kanto, 1923-1992.

Title & Author:

The Japanese courtyard garden : landscapes for small spaces / Kanto Shigemori ; with photographs by Katsuhiko Mizuno ; translated by Pamela Pasti.

Edition:

1st English ed.

Publication:

New York : Weatherhill, 1981.

Description:

viii, 223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 38 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Kyōto tsuboniwa.
On the Japanese courtyard garden -- Color plates -- Plans and commentaries.

Summary:

This book presents 75 examples of courtyard gardens in Kyoto. It traces the history of the courtyard garden from its origin in Kyoto's Imperial Palace through its tranformations first in the seventh century under the revolutionary influence and later in the nineteenth century from the influx of Western landscaping concepts.

ISBN:

0834801647
9780834801646
0317549812 (UNCONFIRMED)
9780317549812 (UNCONFIRMED)

Subject:

Gardens, Japanese.
Courtyard gardens Japan Kyoto.
Gardens Japan Kyoto Design.
Gardens, Japanese History.
Jardins japonais Histoire.
Jardins d'agrément Japon Kyōto Histoire.
Jardins Architecture Japon Kyōto Histoire.
Jardins japonais.
Jardins d'agrément Japon Kyōto.
Jardins Architecture Japon Kyōto.
Courtyard gardens
Gardens Design
Japan Kyoto
Japan Gardens Landscape design

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Mizuno, Katsuhiko.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 138135
Call No.: IDX; ID:87-B16794
Status: Available

Location: Library main 138134
Call No.: X8628; ID:87-B16794
Status: Available

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