A practical guide to planning and constructing a Japanese garden. Step-by-step instructions explain every facet, from displaying plants and rocks to mastering drainage and lighting, to creating bamboo fences and hedges.
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ISAO YOSHIKAWA was born in 1940 in Tokyo. Having gained a degree in architecture from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, he expanded his career as a keen and creative garden designer, and established the Japan Garden Society in 1963. Besides representing this society and his own laboratory, Yoshikawa Isao Garden Research Institute, he sits on the executive board of the China Landscape Architects Society in both Suzhou and Hangzhou as an honorary member. He has written numerous books on gardening including THE BAMBOO FENCES OF JAPAN, STONE ARANGEMENT GARDENS, RESEARCH DATA FOR GARDENING DETAILS and EXCELLENT GARDENS OF CHINA (some of them published only in Japanese).
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129 of 130 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book to add to your Japanese garden reference library,
By rcdubois@msn.com Rod Dubois (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces (Hardcover)
I purchased this book in Tokyo after falling in love with Japanese gardens. Things I like about it includewide content of overview of visual examples of gardens, examples of lanterns, water basins, stepping stones and materials and tools for use in building a garden. Also there are plans for pictured gardens. A disadvantage was that a great amount of space was devoted to bamboo fences/building. Another good book is "A Japanese Touch For Your Garden", K. Seike, M Kudo, D. Engel
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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AUTHENTIC AND INSPIRATIONAL,
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This review is from: Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces (Hardcover)
I picked up about ten books on Japanese gardening at the library and this book was by far the most inspirational. The author gives definitions for technical terms and also shows step by step illustrations to recreate various photographs within the book. He also shows how to make a bamboo fence which I thought was really neat and I am actually going to give it a try. This is the only book I decided to purchase out of the lot from the library and I plan on giving a few copies as gifts.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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An Excellent Manual,
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This review is from: Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces (Hardcover)
Sorry, my english is no good. I'm a chilean landscaper and I bought this book about 2 month ago and it can help me in many ways for my job. Have a lot of details of how to do fences and other triks with good photos.
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Tsuboniwa or small gardens can be made in spaces of one tsubo, or thirty six square feet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black hemp rope, dipper stone, leveling string, hand rammer, vinyl chloride pipe, karesansui garden, scorched logs, basin front, stone arrangement, edging stones, brass brush, middle post, bamboo stalks, candle stone, bamboo fence, stone lantern, vertical poles, bamboo strips, drain tank, supporting pole, washing basin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Procedure Additional, Lay Ise, Lay Shirakawa, Edo Period, Build Kenninji-gaki, Kamakura Period, Roof Light, Momoyama Period, Muromachi Period New!
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Tsuboniwa or small gardens can be made in spaces of one tsubo, or thirty six square feet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black hemp rope, dipper stone, leveling string, hand rammer, vinyl chloride pipe, karesansui garden, scorched logs, basin front, stone arrangement, edging stones, brass brush, middle post, bamboo stalks, candle stone, bamboo fence, stone lantern, vertical poles, bamboo strips, drain tank, supporting pole, washing basin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Procedure Additional, Lay Ise, Lay Shirakawa, Edo Period, Build Kenninji-gaki, Kamakura Period, Roof Light, Momoyama Period, Muromachi Period New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Designing and Creating Japanese Gardens by Penny Underwood in Back Matter
- Bamboo Style by Gale Beth Goldberg in Back Matter
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