book review
Review: Add a Touch of Japanese Style to Your Garden
by Nigel Spaven Add a Touch of Japanese Style to Your Garden – 30 Simple IdeasMs Yin & Mr Yang’s Garden Design Book Index A new, self-published book about how to turn a garden Japanese. Or merely give it a Japanese touch. Different then other books of the same genre, it is not promising you […]
The manifold interpretations of Ryoan-ji – an excerpt
虎の子渡し – Tiger family crossing a river 碧巌録に示された臥龍 – Sleeping dragon 星座カシオペヤ – The constellation Cassiopeia 心の字 – Heart character 京都盆地を囲む五山 – Five mountains surrounding Kyoto 光の反射板 – Reflecting of Light 満月を巡る – The moon phases around the full moon Today I want to dig deeper into the manifold interpretations of Ryoan-jis zen garden. Surely, […]
Zen Garden Design by Mira Locher
By Mira LocherForeword by Terunobu Fujimori In comparison with Zen Gardens, the complete works of Shunmyo Masuno. Is it worth to buy both books or do I favor one over the other? You can read my detailed review about Zen Gardens, the complete works of Shunmyo Masuno here. Zen Garden Design is again […]
Review: The Book of Japanese Tea
By Per Oscar BrekellBilingual Edition In spring of this year I started to taste different teas. Not only Matcha but also Japanese green tea. A small local tea shop recommended me a book about tea because it is beginner friendly. And so it really is! Oscar Brekell was no new name to me. As […]
In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows Book I read: Lob des Schatten Manesse Verlag Zuerich, translation by Eduard Klopfenstein Book I refer to: In Praise of Shadows Sora Books, translation by Gregory Starr 2017, illustrated edition. First published on 1977 (English) By Junichiro Tanizaki / Sora Books Kindle ASIN: B07BM1XV61 81 Pages $ 8.78 Junichiro Tanizaki was […]
Zen Gardens: The Complete Works of Shunmyo Masuno
Zen Gardens: The Complete Works of Shunmyo Masuno First published on 1977 (English) By Mira Locher / Tuttle Hardcover ISBN-10: 4805311940 ISBN-13: 978-4805311943 224 Pages $ 27.64 Shunmyo Masuno, Japan’s leading garden designer, is at once Japan’s most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji […]
[Book review] The Garden’s rope work / 目で見る庭のロープワーク
目で見る庭のロープワーク / The Garden’s rope work First published 1980. Reviewed edition first published May 30 2008. By Junzou Ishida / 龍居庭園研究所 Paperback ISBN-10: 4-87460-985-6 ISBN-13: 978-4-87460-985-9 222 Pages ¥ 1300 +tax I couldn’t find any additional information about the author. Introduction by the author (translated and summarized by the reviewer): During the creation of this book the author […]
[Book review] A study on history, use and management on Japanese Gardens in Europe
A study on history, use and management on Japanese Gardens in Europe From gardens created after the World War II in Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium and France First published on September 01, 2018 By Koichi Kobayashi / CreateSpace / Amazon KDP Paperback ISBN-10: 1-726-34189-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-726-34189-9 38 Pages $ 10 Koichi Kobayashi is a Japanese-American […]
[Book review] Cutting back by Leslie Buck
Cutting back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of KyotoLeslie Buck First published 2018By Timber PressReviewed edition: kindle ebookISBN 10: 1-604-69793-8ISBN 13: 978-1-604-69793-3 The intention of the book is described as followed: […] I started thinking about how I’d accomplished all of my dreams, even the biggest one—apprenticing with a Japanese garden company. So I […]
[Book review] Die Lehre des Gartens by Carola Platzek
Die Lehre des Gartens – Gespräche in Japan Carola Platzek First published in 2017 By Schlebrügge.Editor Paperback ISBN: 978-3-903172-18-0 Carola Platzek visited Japan several times to Research the Sakuteiki, Japans oldest gardening manual. As art- and cultural researcher with a university degree in history and philosophy, she is most interested in how gardens become an […]