Last month, I bought the perfect gift: a new book out from Phaidon called The Japanese Garden for my Japanese garden enthusiast husband.
Last month, I bought the perfect gift: a new book out from Phaidon called The Japanese Garden for my Japanese garden enthusiast husband.
The Japanese Garden is $69.95 at Phaidon.
The Japanese Garden is $69.95 at Phaidon.
Walker starts with the early history of Japanese gardens and their lasting impact today.
Walker starts with the early history of Japanese gardens and their lasting impact today.
The Fushimir Inari Taisha, a shrine in Kyoto, from 711, the Nara Period.
The Fushimir Inari Taisha, a shrine in Kyoto, from 711, the Nara Period.
The gardens of one of Japan’s most important Rinzai Zen monasteries, designed in 1253, the Kamakura Period.
The gardens of one of Japan’s most important Rinzai Zen monasteries, designed in 1253, the Kamakura Period.
The Daisen-in (Great Hermit Temple) in Kyoto “unfurls an epic myth told through stones, planting and gravel,” says Walker.
The Daisen-in (Great Hermit Temple) in Kyoto “unfurls an epic myth told through stones, planting and gravel,” says Walker.
