| Gardens, Japanese -- Design. |
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In this book, renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from gardens he has designed, constructed, and photographed to illustrate his key points, approaching each work from the perspective of the home or building owner. Oguchi begins with front gardens, as these are usually what one encounters first when entering a home. Typically, these front
Author Notes
Motomi Oguchi was born in 1947. Since he began his career as a garden designer, he has created about 400 Japanese gardens for homes, temples, and public buildings including the Schloss Schoenbrunn in Vienna and his current project, the Shizen-An spa/retreat on the north fork of Long Island, NY.
His co-author, Joseph Cali, wrote The New Zen Garden published by Kodansha International.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Oguchi, longtime designer of Japanese gardens and author of more than 18 books on the subject in Japanese, offers English speakers both an overview and practical knowledge of this easily recognized but to many Westerners mysterious art form. Oguchi describes the Japanese garden's relation to architecture from the ancient era to the mid-19th century, tracing its evolution from the lavish hills, ponds and waterfalls of early estates to the inward-turning, abbreviated and abstracted gardens of urban townhouses. He calls the guidelines of Japanese garden design "naturalness, studied tastefulness, and harmony," tempered by flexibility for "site conditions, current needs and desires, and self-expression," and presents essential "design devices" such as asymmetry, miekakure (hide and reveal). Most of the book gives concrete details on how to design and build a garden for the home or small business, using as examples the author's designs for restaurants, homes and his traditional teahouse. With precise instructions and illustrations for building typical elements such as bamboo fences and stone bridges, the book gives Americans all the information they need to create authentic Japanese gardens. The lack of a glossary may make it hard for readers to retain meanings of the many Japanese terms strewn throughout the text. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Table of Contents
| Introduction: The Intimate Relationship of House and Garden | p. 6 |
| Chapter 1 Approaches, Entrances, and Front Gardens | p. 16 |
| A Soba Restaurant in a Wooded Retreat | p. 16 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 18 |
| Creating the Garden | p. 20 |
| Constructing a Stone Walkway | p. 22 |
| Constructing a Misu Gaki Bamboo Fence | p. 24 |
| General Techniques: How to Handle Bamboo | p. 26 |
| A Modest Sukiya-style Environment for a Sukiya-style House | p. 29 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 30 |
| Creating the Garden | p. 32 |
| Entrance Gate and a Gyo-style Nobedan | p. 33 |
| Approach and Entrance Variations | p. 36 |
| An Economic "Weed" Garden for the Sakura Noodle Restaurant | p. 41 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 42 |
| Making the "Weed" Garden | p. 44 |
| Chapter 2 Courtyard and Dry Landscape Gardens | p. 48 |
| Small Courtyard Garden for a Modest Home | p. 48 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 50 |
| Creating the Garden | p. 52 |
| Creating an Ajiro Gaki Plaited Bamboo Fence | p. 54 |
| Creating a Nure-en Deck | p. 57 |
| Tsubo Niwa and Kare Sansui Variations | p. 58 |
| "Ancient" Dry Landscape Garden for a Modern Three-story Residence | p. 65 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 65 |
| Creating the Design | p. 68 |
| Creating a Stone Bridge | p. 70 |
| Creating a Katsura Gaki Bamboo Fence | p. 72 |
| General Techniques: Garden Sand and Pattern Making | p. 74 |
| Chapter 3 Tea Gardens, Tree Gardens | p. 76 |
| Tea Garden of the Author's Residence | p. 76 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 78 |
| Creating the Garden | p. 80 |
| Tea Garden Variations | p. 82 |
| Harmonious Blend of Japanese and Western Style | p. 89 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 90 |
| General Techniques: Constructing a Basic Crane-and-Turtle Island | p. 94 |
| General Techniques: Restoration of a Waterfall and Gogan Setting | p. 96 |
| General Techniques: Planting and Arranging Garden Trees | p. 100 |
| General Techniques: Handling Stone | p. 102 |
| Chapter 4 Interior and Veranda Gardens in Commercial Spaces | p. 104 |
| A Garden of Large-scale Bonsai | p. 104 |
| Theme, Layout, and Elements | p. 104 |
| Creating the Garden | p. 108 |
| Constructing the Indoor Stream Garden | p. 110 |
| Constructing an Indoor Tea Garden | p. 112 |
| Constructing a Small Veranda Garden | p. 114 |
| Terrace Garden of Fujiiso Hotel | p. 115 |
| Creating the Garden | p. 115 |
| Constructing the Ryoanji Gaki | p. 116 |
| General Techniques: Assembling and Placing Stone Lanterns | p. 117 |
| Chapter 5 Special Touches, Restoration, and Maintenance | p. 120 |
| Making a Basic Fuyugakoi | p. 120 |
| Transplanting Trees | p. 124 |
| Yukitsuri | p. 126 |
| Kadomatsu | p. 126 |
| Restoring a Bamboo Fence | p. 126 |
| Maintenance and Restoration | p. 127 |