A Historical Study on the early design of Zhuozhengyuan (Humble Administrator's Garden) as a Chinese private garden in Ming dynasty

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  • 中国明代私家園林拙政園の初期庭園構成に関する史的考察
  • チュウゴク ミンダイ シカエンリンセッセイエン ノ ショキ テイエン コウセイ ニ カンスル シテキ コウサツ

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Zhuozhengyuan (The Humble Administrator's Garden) in the city of Suzhou beside Taihu Lake is one of the four most famous traditional Chinese gardens in China and it was proclaimed UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. There are old writings indicating that the garden was establish in the between 1509 and 1513 by the retired bureaucrat Wang Xiancheng and the garden was designed by the owner’s friend who is famous painter Wen Zhengming. This garden has over 500 years long history of during which renovated many times. The current configuration of the garden is quite different from the original composition. The aim of this study is to reveal the original design and the concept behind the garden. For this purpose, analysis of related literature, articles, Ink wash painting and maps was performed.

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  • Nippon Teien Gakkaishi

    Nippon Teien Gakkaishi 2013 (27), 27_51-27_62, 2013

    The Academic Society of Japanese Garden

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