Tenryu-ji

Life and Spirit of a Kyoto Garden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av Norris Brock Johnson, Norris Brock Johnso

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This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto and a major destination for tourism and worship, weaves together history, design, culture, and personal reflection to reveal the inner workings of a great spiritual institution. Looking at Tenryuji's present as a mirror to its past, and detailing the famous pond and rockwork composition by renowned designer Muso Soseki, Norris Brock Johnson presents the first full-length "biography" of a Zen temple garden. Norris Brock Johnson is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and has been teaching and writing about Japanese temple gardens for over twenty years.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-05-31
Mått152 x 228 x 25 mm
Vikt708 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagStone Bridge Press
ISBN9781611720044

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The Pond in the Garden 000Acknowledgments 000Part I: Land, Landscape, and the Spirit of Place 0001Mountains, Water, and Fragrant Trees 000 2Death, Dream, and the Genesis of a Temple 000 3Clouds of Flowers Preserve the Way 000 Part II: A Garden in Green Shade 0004A Pond of Shadow and Shimmering Stones 0005Footprints in the Sky 6Settling Flowers of Ice 7Bridge to Buddha-Nature 0008Sitting in the Garden 0009Anchors Along the Journey 000 10The Dragon Gate 000Part III: Garden as Life and Spirit 00011A Walk to the Garden 00012Stones and Life: Sweet to See 00013Just As Before 000Notes 000Bibliography 000Index 000

"Whether you experience Tenryu-ji in person or through the pages of this book, you will learn to understand the enduring appeal of Japanese gardens and will take away a lot more than photographic images and quickly fading memories. You will have a connection with the garden that will stay with you until your next visit- or your first." - The New York Journal of Books "[Norris Brock Johnson is] the perfect guide, describing Tenryu-ji with intellectual conciseness and tenderness, for a site that has clearly come to represent more than just a sacred garden."--The Japan Times