Tenryu-ji: One of Kyoto's most revered Zen temples and a monument to Japanese history, viewed through its monks, gardens, prayers, and art.
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.
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 368
- Carton Quantity: 20
- Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
- Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
- Publication Date: 15th May 2012
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9781611720044
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious
HISTORY / Asia / Japan
GARDENING / Japanese Gardens
"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
Acknowledgments 000
Part I: Land, Landscape, and the Spirit of Place 000
1 Mountains, Water, and Fragrant Trees 000
2 Death, Dream, and the Genesis of a Temple 000
3 Clouds of Flowers Preserve the Way 000
Part II: A Garden in Green Shade 000
4 A Pond of Shadow and Shimmering Stones 000
5 Footprints in the Sky
6 Settling Flowers of Ice
7 Bridge to Buddha-Nature 000
8 Sitting in the Garden 000
9 Anchors Along the Journey 000
10 The Dragon Gate 000
Part III: Garden as Life and Spirit 000
11 A Walk to the Garden 000
12 Stones and Life: Sweet to See 000
13 Just As Before 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
Tenryu-ji: One of Kyoto's most revered Zen temples and a monument to Japanese history, viewed through its monks, gardens, prayers, and art.
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.
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 368
- Carton Quantity: 20
- Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
- Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
- Publication Date: 15th May 2012
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9781611720044
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious
HISTORY / Asia / Japan
GARDENING / Japanese Gardens
"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
Acknowledgments 000
Part I: Land, Landscape, and the Spirit of Place 000
1 Mountains, Water, and Fragrant Trees 000
2 Death, Dream, and the Genesis of a Temple 000
3 Clouds of Flowers Preserve the Way 000
Part II: A Garden in Green Shade 000
4 A Pond of Shadow and Shimmering Stones 000
5 Footprints in the Sky
6 Settling Flowers of Ice
7 Bridge to Buddha-Nature 000
8 Sitting in the Garden 000
9 Anchors Along the Journey 000
10 The Dragon Gate 000
Part III: Garden as Life and Spirit 000
11 A Walk to the Garden 000
12 Stones and Life: Sweet to See 000
13 Just As Before 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000