Main entry:

Inaji, Toshirō, 1924-

Title & Author:

The garden as architecture : form and spirit in the gardens of Japan, China, and Korea / Toshirō Inaji ; translated and adapted by Pamela Virgilio.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1998.

Description:

xi, 204 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Tōkyō : Sankaidō, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index.
[Sect. 1] Japan -- 1. Early prototypes and interpretive approaches -- 2. Shinden-Zukuri as prototype, and two divergent interpretations -- 3. Kinetic, multifaceted gardens and Miegakure -- [sect. 2] China -- 4. Coexisting "unworldly" and "mundane" worlds -- 5. Spatial composition of the unworldly -- 6. Ideology and prototypes -- [sect. 3] Korea -- 7. Traditional Korean residences and their gardens -- 8. The "uncultivated" garden.
Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"Gardens and their related architecture have always been designed in Japan, China, and Korea as a single, cohesive environment. The particular forms that these environments took over the centuries naturally reflect each country's differing aesthetic principles, but were also governed by other concerns - from religious beliefs and social structure to simple spatial or climatic constraints. In his exploration of the history of garden design in the Far East, Toshiro Inaji offers a fascinating study of changing cultural and aesthetic values." "The Garden as Architecture is the first book published in English to focus on the strikingly different interpretations made by these three countries - in their gardens and architecture - of the Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist, and geomantic principles that have informed their cultures since ancient times. This pioneering study makes clear just how and why the approaches taken by neighboring countries were so different."--Jacket

ISBN:

477001712X
9784770017123

Subject:

Architecture East Asia.
Gardens East Asia.
Architecture East Asia Designs and plans.
Arquitectura Corea (República)
Arquitectura China (República Popular, 1949)
Jardines Japón.
Jardines Corea (República)
Jardines China (República Popular, 1949)
Arquitectura Japón Diseño y planos.
Arquitectura Corea (República) Diseño y planos.
Arquitectura China (República Popular, 1949) Diseño y planos.
Architecture Extrême-Orient.
Jardins Extrême-Orient.
Architecture Extrême-Orient Dessins et plans.
Architecture.
Gardens.
Tien nihon.
Tien tōyō.
Jūtakukenchiku.
Tien.
Jūtaku.
East Asia.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.

Added entries:

Virgilio, Pamela.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204643
Call No.: NA1537 .I5313 1998
Status: Available