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Landscape Gardening in Japan, 1912
> Introduction.
Introduction.
Gardens as representation of scenery
Acquaintance with Japanese scenery
Pictorial composition
Japanese love of nature
Japanese landscape gardening as representation
Styles of garden design
Italian and French gardens
Formal gardens in England
Origin of naruralistic gardens in England
William Kent, Charles Bridgeman and landscape gardens
William Chambers and Chinese gardens
Mis-representations of eastern gardens
Natural gardens in England and Japan
Japenese representation of nature
Unnatural eccentricities in Japanese gardens
Old and quaint pine trees
Harmony in Japanese compositions
Poetic composition in Japanese gardens
Aesthetic and ethical principles in Japan
Animistic philosophy
Purity in Japanese gardens
The ideal Japanese garden
Japanese architecture in relation to gardens
Views into Japanese gardens
Unity, diversity and the Eight Views Hakkei
Geometry near buildings
Romantic names for Japanese garden features
Compositions suggesting famous scenes