TITLE

A 17th-century homage to Zen and the art of tea

AUTHOR(S)

Webb, Michael

PUB. DATE

July 1993

SOURCE

Architectural Digest;Jul93, Vol. 50 Issue 7, p62

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Features the Raikyu-ji garden created by Enshu Kobori, located west of Kyoto, Japan. Black-wood-and-white-stucco facade; Japanese cedars; Creation of the garden during the reign of shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa; Hedge; Green wall border enclosing a sunken garden; Dry-landscape garden; Adoption of the Chinese concept of a garden as a microcosm of the natural world; Islands of flat and standing rocks; Irregular stepping stones.

ACCESSION #

9308315227

Tags: GARDENS -- Japan

 

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