★Japanese Chronology for Dry Landscape Gardens since the Kamakura era (13t
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The aesthetics of garden making seems to have derived from Chinese and Korean cultures in the Asuka era (7th C) but the Jōnokoshi sacred spring dating from the 4th-5th C already contains fine aesthetic stone settings. The palaces of Asuka, Heijō-Kyō (= present day Nara) (Nara era, 8th C) and Heian-kyō (present day Kyōto) (Heian era, 9th-12th C) contained their own imperial gardens respectively and in the latter era aristocrats also built gardens in their own villas. At that time the style of gardens had shifted to pond-dominated gardens with islands and bridges. The term “dry landscape garden” (枯山水 = parched mountains and river) is described in the world’s first text book on gardening “Sakutei-ki” (作庭記 = notes on constructing gardens) compiled in the Heian era (9th-12th C) as a designated stone area in a pond-dominated garden. In the succeeding Kamakura era (12th-14th C), the authentic “dry landscape garden” aesthetic was imported with the Zen school of Buddhism doctrine, which emphasizes the significance of meditation, from Chinese Southern Song dynasty along with other Zen arts including the ink wash painting technique. Zen school Buddhism in China gradually declined during the Ming dynasty while that of Japan developed even into several sects, and the Zen style gardens including “dry landscape garden” were also adopted by temples belonging to other schools, and nowadays even private residences, restaurants and hotels construct their own ones. The 1st master of Zen garden constructing was Musō Soseki (夢窓疎石 1275-1351 CE), a Zen priest, who built two gardens which are now UNESCO World Heritage sites in Kyōto, amongst others. During the Sengoku (= civil war, 15th-16th C) era Sesshū Tōyō (雪舟 1420-1506 CE), an ink wash painter and Buddhist priest, built picturesque gardens in western Japan. In early Edo era KOBORI Enshū (小堀遠州 1579-1647 CE), a samurai artist, built strolling gardens for temples and castles. Before and after the World War II Mirei SHIGEMORI (重森三玲 1896-1975 CE) built modern dry landscape gardens for temples and private residences.Yes, off course, there were (are) so many other famous or anonymus skilled gardeners in every successive periods. The most principal elements in dry landscape gardens are as follows :
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- Buddha triad (the principal Tathāgata and 2 adjutant bodhisattva) stone setting (三尊石)
- Mt.Meru stone (須弥山石)
- Mt.Penglai stone (蓬莱石)
- Tortoise- and crane- (both are symbols of longevity) shaped islands (鶴島・亀島)
- Cascade stone (枯滝)
- Bridge stone (石橋)
- Gravel water with raked ripples (砂紋)
Basic Resources :Main article : ★★Japanese Chronology With Featured Stone Monuments in Every Era
- 京都林泉協会 2002 日本庭園鑑賞便覧 : 全国庭園ガイドブック 京都:学芸出版社 ISBN:4-7615-2291-7 (lit: Appreciation manual of Japanese gardens : guidebook of gardens in Japan)
- Alison Main et al. 2002 The lure of the Japanese garden. New York: W.W.Norton ISBN:978-0-393-73091-3
- 中田勝康 2009 重森三玲庭園の全貌 京都:学芸出版社 INBN:978-4-7615-4089-0 (lit: All about Mirei Shigemori’s gardens)
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