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Japanese Touch for Your Garden : Revised and Expanded Edition by Kiyoshi Seike, Masanobu Kudo and David H. Engel (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKodansha America, Incorporated

ISBN-104770030797

ISBN-139784770030795

eBay Product ID (ePID)66094038

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleJapanese Touch for Your Garden : Revised and Expanded Edition

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicJapanese Gardens, Garden Design

IllustratorYes

GenreGardening

AuthorKiyoshi Seike, Masanobu Kudo, David H. Engel

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight32.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width12.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-015990

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingA

Photographed byHibi, Sadao

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal712/.60952

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,Expurgated edition

SynopsisA Japanese Touch for Your Garden is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Readers will learn how to lay stones and pathways and how to create intriguing sand patterns like the ones in Zen temple gardens. Notes on the care of bamboo, moss and grass are provided as are names of native North American plans and tress that can be substituted for conventional Japanese varieties. Schematic layout plans, detailed how-to explanations, and over 150 color photographs of Japanese gardens, old and new, offer ideas for endless variations. In this revised edition, all the photographs have been replaced with new ones, and the number of color pages has doubled, making the book much more attractive. Thoroughly up-to-date in its approach and based on the principle that a garden must satisfy the gardener, not a set of inflexible guidelines, this book encourages readers to choose freely from the wide range of traditional Japanese design elements that suit individual needs and tastes., Introduces the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. This book explains and illustrates the fundamental principles of the 1,000-year-old landscape design tradition in the Japanese garden, and basic components like: stepping and paving stones, stone lanterns, signs, statues, streams, waterfalls and ponds, bamboo fences, gates and walls. A Japanese Touch for Your Garden' is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Whether a sprawling garden, office courtyard or a city patio, this book includes hundreds of', A Japanese Touch for Your Garden is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Whether it's a spacious suburban lot, an office courtyard, or a tiny, inner-city backyard, here are hundreds of creative but time-honored ways to make maximum use of the available space. Readers will learn how to lay stones and pathways and how to create intriguing sand patterns like the ones in Zen temple gardens. They will learn about Japanese lanterns, miniature pagodas, water basins, gates, and walls, and will be shown--step-by-step--how to make a bamboo lattice fence. Notes on the care of bamboo, moss, and grass are provided as are names of native North American plants and trees that can be substituted for conventional Japanese varieties. Schematic layout plans, detailed how-to explanations, and over 150 color photographs of Japanese gardens, old and new, offer ideas for endless variations. In this revised edition, all the photographs have been replaced with new ones, and the number of color pages has doubled, making the book much more attractive. Thoroughly up-to-date in its approach and based on the principle that a garden must satisfy the gardener, not a set of inflexible guidelines, this book encourages readers to choose freely from the wide range of traditional Japanese design elements that suit individual needs and tastes. Whether one lives in the country, city, or somewhere in between, he or she will discover numerous ways to transform--simply, inexpensively, and with ones own two hands--that back porch, corridor, or yard into an intimate, tranquil oasis, that will reward all the planning and work with a rich and ever-changing beauty.

LC Classification NumberSB458.S44 2008