Gardens of Japan

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  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln
  • Catalogue: 185616
  • Size: 26x27.5cm
The Gardens of Japan beautifully illustrates how Japanese gardens condense and perfect nature, showcasing twenty-eight of Japan’s finest examples, drawn from every period of the country’s history, with the iconic travel destination of Kyoto prominently included.

Trees are trained and pruned until they epitomize tree-like qualities, brilliantly coloured Koi carp swim in the milky water of ponds, familiar natural landscapes are reproduced in miniature and the cherry blossom of spring seduces the senses.

Alex Ramsay’s photographs capture the beauty, whilst Helena Attlee describes the gardens’ composition and explains the cultural and historical influences that shaped them.