Japanese Gardens

 Autor: Günter Nitschke


“The Japanese garden is not simply nature, ... The Japanese garden is and has always been nature crafted by man. It belongs to the realm of architecture and is, at its best, nature as art.”

Originally titled “The Architecture of the Japanese Garden”, Günter Nitschke has created one of the great monographs written about the Japanese garden in the West. Inspired by his meetings with renowned historian Mirei Shigemori, it is the culmulation of many years of studying how the stereotypes evolved over time.

Taking the reader on a grand tour of not only the gardens themselves but the historical periods during which they evolved, this book contains a wealth of historical information. The narrative text is supported by many of the authors own photographs, old woodcuts taken from ancient texts, and plans that show the details of gardens’ position and layout.

The result is a visual history of the Japanese garden that is informed by a deep understanding of how the social, political and cultural factors influenced the development of Japanese architecture and the surrounding gardens. In fact this ‘architectural’ perspective is unique to Günter Nitschke’s book, and is what differentiates it from other monographs that have been written.




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