Download or read book Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens written by David A. Slawson and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1987 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents an approach to practical, hands-on gardening and is also a study of Japanese aesthetic. The art of the Japanese garden is a 1,500-year-old landscape design tradition that is still evolving, still instructive. Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens explains the fundamental principles of this tradition and describes how those principles may be applied to a much wider range of environments than exists in Japan. In the first section the author draws on his own experience as an apprentice to a master gardener in Kyoto, as well as his considerable