"Decoding the Garden: Why Are There So Many Famous Gardens in Kyoto Temples?: Old Temples of Kyoto" Yozaburo Shirahata Price: ¥2200 Enjoying the landscape garden. Exploring the scenery. Through the gardens of 30 temples in Kyoto, as well as the temple grounds and surrounding scenery, this book analyzes "niwa" (garden) in Japanese culture. A new perspective on garden theory. Table of Contents To-ji Temple: The "Niwa" of To-ji - The flat grounds are the prototype of Kyoto gardens Nishi Hongan-ji Temple: Tora-no-Ike Garden and White Study - A "hospitality garden" with giant stones from Jurakudai Higashi Hongan-ji Temple: "Garden" and "Hall" to entertain the Monks - Su-ki and water gardens expanding in the city, Shosei-en Garden Tofuku-ji Temple: Memories of the Villa, Getsurin-den, on the "Garan Face" - The grounds of Tofuku-ji Temple and the gardens of the Hojo and Tatchu Sennyu-ji Temple: The Garden of Buddha and the Garden of Gods - The scenery of the grounds is a magnificent large garden Chishaku-in Temple: Lightness and splendor unique to a temple of learning - The structure of the Chishaku-in Temple's scenic garden Myoho-in Temple: Imagining the garden of Taira no Shigemori's "Komatsu-dono" - Sekisuien Garden and Myoho-in Temple Chion-in Temple: The Eastern Country and Kamakura winds appearing in Kyoto gardens - Is the Hojo Garden a descendant of the Jozaiko-in Garden? Shoren-in Temple: From the flower garden and suki garden to the verdant temple - Examining the medieval and early modern Shoren-in Temple gardens Nanzen-ji Temple: Transformation from a place of aristocratic recreation to a Zen garden - The Daito-in Garden and the Nanzen-in Garden [and others] #YozaburoShirahata #Yozaburo_Shirahata #Book #Art/General #Kyoto #Garden #JapaneseGarden #Culture There are no writings, cuttings, or stains, and the binding is firm, making it a beautiful item. Moreover, it is a valuable first edition.