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In Japanese Landscapes and Gardens, 1650-1950 Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1. Landscape Enjoyed at Ease
Chapter 2. Garden Stuff and Blueprints for the Masses
Chapter 3. Time and Space in a Cup of Tea
Chapter 4. Defining the Japanese Garden: Science, Vacuum, and Confusion
Chapter 5. Passion and Emotion in the Meiji Landscape
Chapter 6. Reforming the Tradition
Chapter 7. Everybody's Landscape
Epilogue. The Cricket Cage
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 07/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9780812244748, 978-0812244748
      ISBN10: 0812244745
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      Landscape architecture and design Asian history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Japanese Landscapes and Gardens, 1650-1950 Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Chapter 1. Landscape Enjoyed at Ease
      Chapter 2. Garden Stuff and Blueprints for the Masses
      Chapter 3. Time and Space in a Cup of Tea
      Chapter 4. Defining the Japanese Garden: Science, Vacuum, and Confusion
      Chapter 5. Passion and Emotion in the Meiji Landscape
      Chapter 6. Reforming the Tradition
      Chapter 7. Everybody's Landscape
      Epilogue. The Cricket Cage
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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