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Create your own Japanese garden : a practical guide

Motomi Oguchi with Joseph Cali ; translated by Kay Yokota

Kodansha International, 2007

1st ed

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日本庭園の作り方 : 英文版

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ISBN 9784770028044

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国際的に活躍する日本庭園の作庭家が、アプローチとエントランス、坪庭、枯山水、茶庭、雑木の庭、室内庭園などの作り方を、豊富な写真と図版を用いて具体的に解説。

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  • INTRODUCTION The Intimate Relationship of House and Garden
  • 1 Approaches,Entrances,and Front Gardens
  • 2 Courtyard and Dry Landscape Gardens
  • 3 Tea Gardens,Tree Gardens
  • 4 Interior and Veranda Gardens in Commercial Spaces
  • 5 Special Touches,Restoration,and Maintenance

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ISBN 9784770028044

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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

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