JAPANESE GARDENING PUBLICATIONS
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Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way
From Jando: For all of you out there wanting to learn to prune in the Japanese style, this book is a must have. Jake not only explains, in language you can easily understand, how to prune but also, in the beginning chapters, gives you insight into the essence of a...
read moreSakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden
Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden provides a foundational context for understanding many perspectives on Japanese Gardening. It begins with Visions of the Garden including the context of life in the period it was written. The emphasis on Nature, Geomancy,...
read moreThe Craft of Gardens by Ji Cheng
Translated by Alison Hardie, with a foreword by Maggie Keswick. Photographs by Zhong Ming Better link press 2012 Although this is not strictly on Japanese Gardens, it is a very interesting book based on Gardening in the Chinese tradition. I do not feel quite ready...
read moreJapanese Stone Gardens: How to Make and Enjoy Them
Comments/Summary: This book is not as detailed in stone selection, shape, moods and scenic appropriateness as Magic Of Trees And Stones: Secrets of Japanese Gardening. It more generally classifies larger rock work concepts. For example it defines Kazan and Shukkei...
read moreSukiya Living (Journal of Japanese Gardening) article index by subject
Sukiya Living Magazine (The Journal of Japanese Gardening) is a bi-monthly English-language print publication dedicated to the special world of Japanese gardens and Japanese architecture. Every other month, this 44-page magazine discuses various aspects of Japanese architecture, horticulture, art, and philosophy. Topics range from centuries-old design principles to modern, how-to construction and maintenance techniques.
read moreMagic of Trees and Stones - Secrets of Japanese Gardening.
Michael Roybal's comments: Covers the basic divisions of types of gardens front, kitchen, inner and other auxiliary sections in the very beginning of the book. Excellent sections on stone arrangement beginning on page 66 including how stone shapes effect symbolism...
read moreSesshu’s Long Scroll: A Zen Landscape Journey
The Long landscape scroll is reproduced in its entirety, measure 338 cm. in length when unfolded.
Sesshu’s Long Scroll - A Zen Landscape Journey
Zen Gardens by Eric Borja
Michael's Comments: The story of one mans journey creating his gardens. I enjoyed much of this book. This quote stuck me as similar to how gardening affects me... On Page 35, 36 "Let us not forget that apart from magnificent landscape design, the garden in Japan is...
read moreJapanese Gardening Hints by Katsuo Saito
Introduces the style, traditions, and principles of Japanese Zen gardening through the use of flowering plants, bamboo, wood, shrubs, and rocks, and includes plant lists, climate maps, and sample gardens.
read moreSecret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens
The art of the Japanese garden is a 1,500-year-old landscape design tradition that is still evolving, still instructive. Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens explains the fundamental principles of this tradition and describes how those principles may be applied to a much wider range of environments than exists in Japan.
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