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Title: Japanese-Style Gardens of the Pacific West Coast by Melba Levick, Kendall H. Brown ISBN: 0-8478-2109-9 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Are Japanese Gardens in the U.S. fakes?
Comment: Kendall H. Brown begins his history of Japanese-style gardens with a quote from James Rose to the effect that Japanese gardens outside of Japan are fakes. Brown's attitude is, however, more ambiguous than ambivalent. He seldom says he doesn't like something. His liking may be found between the lines. At the end of his history, Brown concludes that Japanese-style gardens are meant for play. It is pleasant to think of people having a smiling time in Japanese-style gardens . . . the wistaria, azalea, carp and waterfalls call for that. Nevertheless, Japanese in Japan are as out of touch with their past traditions as are Americans with their's. There is pleasure in knowing the symbolic uses of gardens in Japan and in their transplanted versions in the United States. Gardens in both countries should be more creative as is the case with "California Scenario" by Isamu Noguchi, the last garden Brown describes. (It is popular with skateboarders!) "Japanese-Style Gardens of the Pacific Coast" is a splendid book and the only book extant that gives the historical background of West-Coast Japanese-style gardens. Melva Levick's photographs whet the desire to see the gardens, if for no other reason than to see which is better . . . the photographs or the gardens. A small objection: If Brown had included acreages, one might be better able to compare the problems and successes of the individual gardens.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful work
Comment: This book is one of the few books on US Japanese-style gardens which compares and contrasts the real gardens of Japan with efforts to recreate the essence of their beauty in the western US. Beautiful Photos
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Title: Serene Gardens by Yoko Kawaguchi ISBN: 1570761647 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Japanese Garden Design by Haruzo Ohashi, Marc Peter Keane, Haruso Ohashi ISBN: 0804820716 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Creating Japanese Gardens (Ortho's All About Gardening) by Alvin Horton, Meredith Books ISBN: 0897214897 Publisher: Ortho Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Japanese Touch for Your Garden by Kiyoshi Seike, Masanobu Kudo, Haruzo Ohashi, David H. Engel ISBN: 4770016611 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Landscapes for Small Spaces: Japanese Courtyard Gardens by Katsuhiko Mizuno, John Bester ISBN: 4770028741 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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