Norris Brock Johnson

eBook, ePUB

Tenryu-ji (eBook, ePUB)

Life and Spirit of a Kyoto Garden

Beschreibung

Comprehensive illustrated history of a world-famous Kyoto temple garden and historical landmark

Tenryui is ranked #1 among the Five Great Zen Temples in Kyoto and is a major destination for tourists

For Japanese garden enthusiasts, as well as landscape designers, architects, and those interested in Asian arts and culture and Buddhism

well-preserved and maintained landscape garden designed by Muso Soseki, one of the great Japanese garden masters

includes color inserts, index, and a full glossary.

unlike other garden books, an intensive study of one temple garden, exploring its history, landscape, and spiritual dimensions.

in 1994 Tenryuji declared a Cultural Heritage Site by the United Nations

one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, and the first Special Historical Scenic Area named by the Japanese government

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenryu-ji

this is a reannouncement of a previously postponed title

significant for its Buddhist connections, http://www.buddhistravel.com/index.php?id=120,317,0,0,1,0&highlight=Tenryuji

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 29.71MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Norris Brock Johnson is a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a Fulbright Lecturer at Waseda University and University of Tokyo, Komaba. Professor Johnson has been researching, teaching, and writing about the temple gardens of Japan for over twenty years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611725261
• Artikelnr.: 38332874