Zen gardens : the complete works of Shunmyo Masuno : Japan's leading garden designer

САД КАМНЕЙ «Shunmyo Masuno, Japans leading garden designer, is at once Japans most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular. He has worked in ultramodern urban hotels and in some of Japans most famous classic gardens. In each project, his work as a designer is inseparable from his Buddhist practice. Each becomes a Zen garden, «a special spiritual place where the mind dwells.» This beautiful book, illustrated with more than 400 drawings and color photographs, is the first complete retrospective of Masunos work to be published in English. It presents 37 major gardens around the world in a wide variety of types and settings: traditional and contemporary, urban and rural, public spaces and private residences, and including temple, office, hotel and campus venues. Masuno achieved fame for his work in Japan, but he is becoming increasingly known internationally, and in 2011 completed his first commission in the United States which is shown here. The book, divided into three chapters, covers: «Traditional Zen Gardens,» «Contemporary Zen Gardens» and «Zen Gardens outside Japan.» Illustrated with photographs and architectural plans or sketches, each garden is described and analyzed by author Mira Locher, herself an architect and a scholar well versed in Japanese culture. Celebrating the accomplishments of a major, world-class designer, Zen Gardens also serves as something of a master class in Japanese garden design and appreciation: how to perceive a Japanese garden, how to understand one, even how to make one yourself. Like one of Masunos gardens, the book can be a place for contemplation and mindful repose. [f]irst Complete Retrospective Of Masuno's Work To Be Published In English. It Presents 37 Major Gardens Around The World In A Wide Variety Of Types And Settings: Traditional And Contemporary, Urban And Rural, Public Spaces And Private Residences, And Including Temple, Office, Hotel, Campus, And Guesthouses Venues--flap Of Book Jacket. Foreword / By Shigeru Uchida -- Two Pairs Of Straw Sandals: Zen Priest Garden Designer Shunmyo Masuno -- Traditional Zen Gardens In The 21st Century -- Sōseien, Retreat House -- Ginrinsō, Company Guesthouse -- Kyoto Prefectural Reception Hall -- Art Lake Golf Club -- Bakushōtei, Imabari Kokusai Hotel -- Ryūmontei, Gionji Temple -- Fushotei, Renshōji Temple Guesthouse -- Zanshintei, Sankeien Kakushokaku Reception Hall -- Sandō, Kōenji Temple -- Mushintei, Guesthouse Suifūso -- Shōjutei, Rifugio Private Residence -- Chōfūtei And Suitōkyosei, Gionji Temple Reception Building -- Baikatei, Saikenji Temple -- Gesshinsōteien, Private Residence In Yamanaka-ko -- Chōsetsuko, Ginrinsō Ryōkan -- Chōraitei, Private Residence In Tokyo -- Keizan Zenji Tenbōrin No Niwa, Gotanjōji Temple -- Kantakeyama Shinen, Samukawa Shrine -- Design And Construction Process: The Kantakeyama Shinen At The Samukawa Shrine -- Modern Zen Gardens: The Essence Of Emptiness -- New Campus For Tokyo Metropolitan University -- The Canadian Embassy, Tokyo -- Fūma Byakuren Plaza, National Institute For Materials Science -- Niigata Prefectural Museum Of Modern Art -- Seifū Kyorai No Niwa, Kagawa Prefectural Library -- Seizan Ryokusui No Niwa, Hotel Le Port -- Kanzatei, Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel -- Yūkyūen, Hofu City Crematorium -- Seifūdōkō No Niwa, Opus Arisugawa Terrace And Residence -- Sankitei, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs -- Yui No Niwa Shinshōtei, Private Residence In Nishi Azabu -- Zen Gardens Outside Japan: Intercultural Communication -- Wakei No Niwa, Canadian Museum Of Civilization -- Yūsuien, Erholungspark Marzahn -- Seijaku No Niwa, University Of Bergen -- Sanshintei, One Kowloon Office Building -- Funitei, Private Residence In Stuttgart -- Zanmaitei, Nassim Park Residences Showflat -- Wakeiseijyaku No Niwa, Nassim Park Residences -- Seikantei, Private Residence In New York City -- Major Works 1984-2011. Mira Locher ; Foreword By Shigeru Uchida--cover Of Book Jacket. Chapter Titles Also In Japanese. Illustrated End Papers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 223). 'Locher's stunning presentation highlights 37 master gardens in Japan and abroad (including in the U.S.) that embody a transcendent marriage between the primal elements of nature and metaphysics. ... With 320 color photos and designs, Locher captures the mystery and mastery of Masuno's work.--Publishers Weekly''Literacy is not the only skill needed to write a decent book, just as the ability to stick plants in the ground is not the only skill needed to make a decent garden. Zen Gardens gives a glimpse of the knowledge and dedication required to create a Japanese garden. Enthusiastic amateur garden designers should be forced to read it--particularly the description of this Zen Buddhist priest's work at the Canadian Museum of Civilisation in Ottawa.''--Financial Times''Zen Gardens endorses a spiritual approach to the process of garden design, whereby the design and its inherent aesthetic qualities are allowed to grow from the place, rather than being imposed on it. Illustrated with more than 400 drawings and colour photographs, this book is a wonderful source of inspiration for creating beautiful, contemplative landscapes.''--Garden Design Journal''Even just a quick riffle through the pages of Zen Gardens: The Complete Works of Shunmyo Masuno can cause a healthy lowering of one's blood pressure. Seeing such tranquil spaces in our generally chaotic world offers an escape to an oasis of serenity, or what Shunmyo Masuno himself calls an''unmoving truth.''... Author Mira Locher, an architect and professor based in the United States and Japan, is an excellent guide to this tour of Masuno's work, explaining key elements of Zen and Japanese design and the complexity of such calm splendor. ... Zen Gardens: The Complete Works of Shunmyo Masuno is surely best approached just as one would enter a Masuno garden--with a sense of quiet, curious wonder at how man and nature can sometimes meet as one.''--ForeWord Reviews' Shunmyo Masuno, Japan's leading garden designer, is at once Japan's most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular. He has worked in ultramodern urban hotels and some of Japan's most famous classic gardens. In each project, his work as a designer of landscape architecture is inseparable from his Buddhist practice. Each becomes a Zen garden, "a special spiritual place where the mind dwells." This beautiful book, illustrated with more than 400 drawings and color photographs, is the first complete retrospective of Masuno's work to be published in English. It presents 37 major gardens around the world in a wide variety of types and traditional and contemporary, urban and rural, public spaces and private residences, and including temple, office, hotel and campus venues. Masuno achieved fame for his work in Japan, but he is becoming increasingly known internationally, and in 2011 completed his first commission in the United States which is shown here. Zen Gardens , divided into three chapters, "Traditional Zen Gardens," "Contemporary Zen Gardens" and "Zen Gardens outside Japan." Each Zen garden design is described and analyzed by author Mira Locher, herself an architect and a scholar well versed in Japanese culture. Celebrating the accomplishments of an influential, world-class designer, Zen Gardens also serves as something of a master class in Japanese garden design and how to perceive a Japanese garden, how to understand one, even how to make one yourself. Like one of Masuno's gardens, the book can be a place for contemplation and mindful repose.