A practical guide to planning and constructing a Japanese garden. Step-by-step instructions explain every facet, from displaying plants and rocks to mastering drainage and lighting, to creating bamboo fences and hedges.

Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Yoshikawa, Isao

Gardening & Landscape Design

Japan Publications Trading

Bamboo has emerged as the building material of choice for the twenty-first century. Designers in every fieldfrom architecture to aeronauticsare discovering ever more innovative uses for the miracle plant. Five times stronger than concrete and flexible enough to be woven like silk, bamboo has for millennia been an indispensable necessity of life for cultures around the world. Botanically classified as a grass, it is one of the fastest growing plants on earth. Its abundance and extreme durability have made it a natural choice as the raw material for fences and partitions. Indeed, in Japan, bamboo fence building has become an art form, and endless varieties of bamboo fences exist, from simple picket designs to elaborate fences woven with bamboo branches. Bamboo Fences provides a detailed look at the complex art of bamboo fence design and presents these unique structures in more than 250 photographs and line drawings. Author Isao Yoshikawa gives a brief overview of the history of bamboo fence building in Japan and classifies the different designs by type. A glossary provides an explanation of Japanese fence names and structural terms. Yoshikawa explains how the wide range of fence designs had its origin partly in the full development of the tea ceremony during the sixteenth century, when elegant bamboo fences became important elements of tea ceremony gardens. Bamboo partitions were used in Zen temples, and from there spread to ordinary homes. Many fence styles are named for the temple in which the firstof their kind was built. From the widely used "four-eyed fence" (yotsume-gaki) and the fine "raincoat fence" (mino-gaki) to the expensive "spicebush fence" (kuromoji-gaki), the natural color andtexture of these exquisite bamboo fences could complement any landscape. Whether you plan to use bamboo to bring privacy to your yard, Zen to your garden, or are just seeking an environmentally friendly alternative to chain-link or wood; the simple beauty of these Japanese bamboo fences is sure to inspire.

Bamboo Fences

Reference

Princeton Architectural Press

PALISSADES EN BAMBOU. TECHNIQUES TRADITIONNELLES DE CONSTRUCTION ET D'ASSEMBLAGE: TECHNIQUES TRADITIONNELLES DE CONSTRUCTION ET D'ASSEMBLAGE

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The Bamboo Fences of Japan (Japanese Edition)

Arts & Photography

Suzuki, Osamu

Architecture

Books Nippan

CHOZUBACHI A Chozubachi is a stone water-basin used by Buddhist Monks during the Kamakura (13th century) period. Originally these stone containers were located outside temples and shrines. They were filled with pure water and used for cleansing the hands and wetting the mouth before entering. In ancient times it was thought that this practice would purify themselves before entering the tea house. The tea masters popularized the use of Chozubachi and the basins were placed in parks and in the gardens of wealthy patrons. Artisans created several new styles to compliment these private gardens. Today the water basin can be the most distinctive element in a garden. They greatly enhance a gardens interest and beauty while using a minimum of space. Although there are no fixed rules for positioning a water basin, it will look best if placed in a fairly open area against a back-drop of greenery or a stone wall.

Stone Basins: The Accents of Japanese Garden

Color photographs, text is in both Chinese and English.

Chinese Gardens: Gardens of the Lower Yangtze River

The World of Zen Gardens

Graphic-Sha Pub Co

Owing to their ageless beauty, stones - uncut and arranged in creative, subtle ways - play a pivotal role in traditional Japanese gardens, one even more important than trees, shrubbery, and flowers. Not merely decorative embellishments, stone arrangements define a garden both as to the era in which it was laid out and its overall aesthetic qualities. Containing 123 photographs and 115 illustrations, is a virtual encyclopedia of garden stone arrangements, written after years of research into the famous and not-so-well-known traditional gardens of Japan, from those laid out in the earliest times to turn-of-the-century estates, from the austere temple garden of Ryoan-ji in Kyoto to the rather striking works of feudal daimyo. More than just a pictorial presentation of famous works, however, this book also includes practical sections on purchase of materials and layout of arrangements for your own garden.

Japanese Stone Gardens (Japanese and English Edition)

Building Bamboo Fences (Japanese and English Edition)

Eleven prominent styles of bamboo fence are presented, giving a basic understanding of the art form, with detailed building instructions and design ideas for each.

Building Bamboo Fences

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