Thousand Mountains, a Million Hills: Creating the Rock Work of Japanese Gardens

by David H. Engel

Book Overview

Rocks have long played a magical and mysterious role in Oriental gardens. here the noted landscape architect David Engel explores the historical and philosophical background of Oriental rock gardens... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870409697
• ISBN13: 9780870409691
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Evocative and Beautiful

A beautiful book that evoked many pleasant memories of the sights, sounds, and smells associated with japanese gardens. This is a thoughtful and philosophical book that reveals much about japanese gardens not readily apparent on their calm surface.