Japanese stone gardens Origins, meaning, form museum Featuring an intimate look at

Featuring an intimate look at twenty-six gardens

THE POET AS SEER: BASHO LOOKS BACK

From relatively simple techniques to the most advanced

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Japanese stone gardens Origins, meaning, form museum Featuring an intimate look atby Stephen Mansfield; Donald Richie The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognized around the globe. These gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age old yearning for solitude and repose, and experience the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created.