Main entry:

Tschumi, Christian.

Title & Author:

Mirei Shigemori, rebel in the garden : modern Japanese landscape architecture / Christian Tschumi ; with photographs by Christian Lichtenberg.

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, 2007.

Description:

203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 34 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201).
The spirit of the rocks / Christophe Girot -- Concept gardens / Günter Nitschke -- Mirei Shigemori and modern Japanese artistic creation / Kendall H. Brown -- Rebel with a cause / Christian Tschumi -- Life and influences -- The early years -- A broad education -- Some major changes -- The scholar and writer -- Ikebana : a lifelong passion -- Chadô : the way of tea -- Calligraphy -- Religion -- The mature years -- Strategy for renewal -- Rooted in place and culture -- Traditional and new design elements -- The lines and colors of nature -- Gardens -- The beginning -- Points of stone -- Lines in concrete -- Planes of gravel and sand -- Mounds and mountains -- Traditional, but new.

Summary:

Mirei Shigemori decisively shaped the development of Japanese landscape architecture in the twentieth century. He founded the Kyoto Garden Society in 1932 and published the 26-volume Illustrated Book on the History of the Japanese Garden in 1938. One year later he designed his own first masterwork, the garden of the main hall of T??fuku-ji Temple. Between then and his death in 1975, he went on to design 240 gardens throughout Japan. Among the most famous are the Tenrai-an tea garden (1969) and the Matsuo Taisha garden (1975). All of his gardens are distinguished by the fact that they honor tradition while at the same time?? through their openness to Western modernity?? they free themselves from its weight and develop a language of their own. The first part of the book will deal with Shigemori??'s life and influences, including his interest in ikebana and tea ceremonies. The second part will offer detailed presentations of some seventeen different gardens.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9783764377489
3764377488

Subject:

Shigemori, Mirei, 1896-1975.
Shigemori, Mirei, 1896-1975 Catalogues raisonnés.
ShigemoriMirei, 1896-1975.
Shigemori, Mirei.
Gardens Japan Design History.
Gardens, Japanese Japan History.
Landscape architects Japan Biography.
Jardines Japón Diseîno Historia.
Jardines japoneses Japón Historia.
Arquitectura del paisaje Japón Biografía.
Jardins japonais Japon Histoire.
Architectes paysagistes Japon Biographies.
gardens.
landscaping.
stones.
gravel.
aesthetic value.
history.
Gardens Design History. Japan.
Gardens, Japanese History. Japan.
Landscape architects Japan.
Gardens Design
Gardens, Japanese
Landscape architects
Landskapsarkitekter Japan 1900-talet biografi.
Japanischer Garten Gartenkunst Bildband.
Gartenkunst Japanischer Garten Bildband.
Japan

Form/genre:

catalogues raisonnés.
Biographies
Catalogues raisonnés
History

Added entries:

Modern Japanese landscape architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252896
Call No.: BIB 181276
Status: Available