 The Japanese try to express the beauty of nature in their traditional gardens. The elements of a Japanese garden represent the elements of nature. Two basic styles of Japanese gardens are:
Tsukiyama Style: In a Tsukiyama garden, small hills and stones represent mountains, and a pond represents the ocean.
Karesansui Style: Dry garden style: White sand represents the ocean, and stones represent the hills. This garden style is strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism. The Japanese garden embodies native values, their cultural beliefs and religious principles. This is why there is no one prototype for the Japanese garden, just as there is no one native philosophy or aesthetic. In this way, similar to other forms of Japanese art, landscape design is constantly evolving because of the influx of mainland, namely Chinese, influences as well as the changing aesthetic tastes and values of the patrons. |
