GLOSSARY-http://www.jgarden.org/glossary.

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TIMELINE/HISTORY- http://www.jgarden.org/timeline.asp

JAPANESE GARDEN PLANTS- http://www.jgarden.org/plants.asp

TYPES- https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2099_types.html

ELEMENTS- https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2099_elements.html,

http://www.japanesegardens.jp/elements-explanations/index.php

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/gardens/overview.html#overview

EVERYTHING- http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/index.html

http://m.espacepourlavie.ca/en/elements-japanese-garden

https://www.britannica.com/art/Japanese-garden

INFORMATION-

Garden design is an important Japanese art form that has been refined for
more than 1000 years. Gardens have evolved into a variety of styles with
different purposes, including strolling gardens for the recreation of Edo Period
lords and dry stone gardens for the religious use by Zen monks. Great gardens
can be found throughout Japan, with particularly many in the former capital of
Kyoto.

Auspicious plants in Japanese Gardens

There are various plants all over the world with special meanings.
Like lily stands for purity or is a flower, that is used to honor the deceased, or daisy
stands for innocence and loyal love.
In Japan, there are plants with auspicious meanings too.
They are called "Engi no ii" plants 縁起の良い as a sign of luck or a good omen.
Heavenly Bamboo
Hiiragi
Japanese Laurel
Japanese Apricot
Pagoda Tree
Satsuki Azalea
Spirea
Bottlebrush
Crape Myrtle
Sarcandra
Bitter Orange
Rhododendron
Camellia
Christmas Berry

The Art of Gravel Pattern in the Japanese

Garden
Zen gardens with their gravel patterns are usually the first association people have
when thinking about Japanese gardens. Reduced colors and little vegetation let the eye
rest and calm the mind, giving the garden a peaceful atmosphere.

This is where a subtle, yet intriguing design feature of Japanese gardens comes into play
– The carefully raked gravel patterns of rock and sand gardens. When the low morning
or evening sun casts long shadows in the garden, the texture of rocks and gravel take
center stage.

Gravel pattern / Sand pattern

Ren-mon 漣紋 - Ripple patterns

Ryūsui-mon 流水紋 - Stream patterns
Kyokusen-mon 曲線紋 - Meandering stream patterns
Mori-zuna 盛砂 - Sand piles
Shokubutsu-mon 植物紋 - Plant patterns
Uzumaki-mon 渦巻紋 - Vortices
Maru‐uzu-mon 丸渦紋 - water drop wave patterns
Chokusen-mon 直線紋 - Straight line patterns
Ginkaku-ji 銀閣寺 - Gravel pattern of the Silver Pavilion

Stone arrangement in the Japanese garden

The arrangement of stones is one of the most important elements when creating a
Japanese Garden.

In the oldest preserved manual of Japanese gardening, garden making was called "ishi
wo taten koto" - erecting stones.
Zen gardens with their stone arrangements are usually the first association people have
when thinking about Japanese gardens. Reduced colors and little vegetation let the eye
rest and calm the mind, giving the garden a peaceful atmosphere.

Selecting stones
Stone naming
Introducing Gogyōishi
Stone settings:
Sanzon ishigumi
One stone arrangement
Two stone arrangement
Three stone arrangement
Five stone arrangement
Seven stone arrangement
Shumisen arrangement
Uzumaki arrangement
Cave arrangement
Yodomari arrangement
Shichigosan arrangement
Waterfall types
Island types
Wall types
Setting stones in the garden

Japanese Garden History

From the Heian until the Heisei period
To understand Japanese gardens, it is necessary to gain a little knowledge about Japan's
history as well.

It is fascinating how the development of gardens in Japan is this closely connected to the
changing lifestyle of Japan's nobility and the changes in who holds the power.

In this series, we want to show how the gardens evolved over time, from the Heian, until
the Heisei period with their incomparable strolling and, in contrast, dry landscape, and
natural gardens.

Book 1:
The Tale of Gama-ike
Introduction
The First Half of the Heian Period
Shinden-zukuri
The Second Half of the Heian Period
Summary
The Tale of Prince Genji
The Fujiwara era
The Sakuteki
13 pages full of information about the History of Japanese Gardens.
24 pictures of gardens, illustrations, and art.
PDF 14MB
mobi 21MB

Book 2:
The Kamakura period and the rise of Zen
Shoin-zukuri and first semi-professional gardeners
Musō Soseki
The Muromachi period
Transformation of Saihō-ji temple and Tenryū-ji temple
The Ashikaga shoguns and their temple residences
Three types of dry landscape gardens
The Azuchi-Momoyama period
Kobori Enshū and his karikomi pruning style
Tea gardens

Japanese Garden Term Glossary

You feel overwhelmed by all the garden specific terms in books about Japanese
gardens? The glossary at the end is helpful, but you still do not know exactly how those
garden elements look like?

Contents:
[Excerpt]
Azumaya
Daimyō
Engawa
Gorintō
Hosō
Ido
Kuribari
Onigawara
Ranma
Sangō
Shōmen
Suikinkutsu
Temi
Tsukubai
Yatsuhashi