Zen Gardens: The Complete Works of Shunmyo Masuno, Japan's Leading Garden Designer

383 Pages·2012·33.32 MB·English

by  Mira Locher

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The naimon (inner gate) of the Kantakeyama Shinen at the Samukawa Shrine opens toward the eight-sided
stone marker indicating the source of the water in the Namba no Koike pond.
A simple bamboo spout drips water into the chōzubachi (water basin) in the Shōjutei garden at the private
residence Rifugio.
The Suitōkyosei courtyard garden provides views of refined nature from the head priest’s office and the
adjoining tatami room at the Gionji temple reception building.
zen gardens

SHUNMYO MASUNO
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
JAPAN’S LEADING GARDEN DESIGNER
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Text copyright © 2012 by Mira Locher
Photographs and Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Shunmyo Masuno
Wakei no Niwa Photographs copyright © 2012 by Canadian Museum of Civilization
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Locher, Mira.
Zen gardens: the complete works of Shunmyo Masuno, Japan’s leading garden designer.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Author: Mira Locher.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1049-6 (ebook)
1. Gardens, Japanese—Zen influences. 2. Gardens—Design. 3. Masuno, Shunmyo. I. Title. II. Title:
Complete works of Shunmyo Masuno, Japan’s leading garden designer.
SB458.L63 2012
635.9’77373—dc23
2012010733
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The evening light shimmers in the quiet reflecting pool of the Shōka no Niwa (Ascension Garden) in the
Yūkyūen garden at the Hofu City Crematorium.
A nobedan (stone walkway) and stepping-stones lead to the shihō hotoke tsukubai chōzubachi (four-sided
Buddha water basin) in the Mushintei garden at the Suifūso guesthouse.