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Japanese Garden Terms
- chozu-bachi a water basin for the cleansing of hand before a tea-ceremony
- kare-sansui a dry lanscape garden which replaces trees, plants and flowers with an the careful placement of rocks and patterns raked in sand. Kare-sansui developed Zen temple gardens during the Muromachi period (1398-1558).
- kaiyushiki teien the stroll garden. Often a stroll garden will include a path around water. During you progress are series of carefully planned and articulated views will appear. The shakkei technique and the familiar 'hide and reveal', both also used in western landscaping, are employed. Developed during the Edo period (1615-1867)
- nakaniwa a garden enclosed on all four sides by buildings.
- roji, or rojiniwa the path (and sometimes the garden) that leads to the tea house. Stepping-stones keep feet out of the garden and clean, and uneven spacing slows the walker and encourages contemplation.
- shakkei a borrowed view framed by trees, walls and other components of the garden.
- sozu length of bamboo which, when it fills with water, drops with a loud crack onto a rock and empties. Sozu were used to frighten deer.
- tsuboniwa a small, usually courtyard, garden meant to be viewed from inside. The small scales is often emphasised by an arrangement of bonsai.
- tsukiyama a mound of sand or soil used to represent a mountain.
- tsukubai an arrangement of stones, including a water basin (chozu-bachi) for cleansing hands, in a tea garden.
- tsurukame an erect and a flat stone paired in a garden to represent wisdom and longevity. The erect rock represents a crane (tsuru) and the flat a tortoise (kame). Tsurushima is a vertical rock, used in this motif, representing a crane island.
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Nanzen-ji, Kyoto
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Pines, shaped to show the effects of wind, casting shadows in autumn
Meiji Temple, Tokyo
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