JAPANESE STONE GARDENS: ORIGINS, MEANING, FORM

Book ID/图书代码： 02911017C00032

English Summary/英文概要： Japanese stone gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and repose, experience the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of Japanese stone gardens - from their earliest use as props in animistic rituals, to their appropriation by Zen monks and priests to create settings conducive to meditation and contemplation and finally to their contemporary use and meaning. With insightful text and abundant imagery, this book reveals the hidden order of stone gardens and in the process heightens the enthusiast’s appreciation of them.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 古代的日本艺术家创造了枯山水庭院——这一道世界园林史上独一无二的风景。以无一滴水的砂石营造出水波荡漾的湖面，以看似充满偶发性的石块营造出心之神往的仙山，以简约流畅的线条诉说着无尽的诗意与神秘的禅宗文化奥义。枯山水庭院的设计理念与成就无可厚非。

假如你一直对日本庭院的源流与演变充满好奇，请不要错过本书。“源”即是介绍枯山水庭园的源头——日本古代庭园、枯山水庭园的美学以及枯山水庭园的设计元素等枯山水庭园设计的核心。“意”则是书中列举了15座包括京都、本州、四国、九州在内的枯山水庭园，它们代表着枯山水庭园不同时期的杰作。

假如你希望在现代快节奏的生活中寻觅一隅安宁，也请不要错过这本书。书中大量优美的枯山水庭园实景摄影作品，绝对会吸引你的目光，给予内心静谧的安抚。(DB)

Awards/获奖情况："This survey of the best of Japan’s stone gardens may send you into the sort of fugue state in which you wake up to find yourself floating through the airport, boarding pass in hand." --New York Times

"A book that will benefit both the Japanese garden enthusiast and the Zen aficionado alike. One to be dipped into time and time again and absorbed over time." --Diverse Japan

-This survey of the best of Japan’s stone gardens may send you into the sort of fugue state in which you wake up to find yourself floating through the airport, boarding pass in hand.- --New York Times

-A book that will benefit both the Japanese garden enthusiast and the Zen aficionado alike. One to be dipped into time and time again and absorbed over time.- --Diverse Japan

About the Author/作者介绍： 作者史蒂芬·门斯菲尔德是全书的撰稿人兼摄影师，他的文章曾在60余种杂志上发表过。他也曾出版过多部关于日本园林艺术的书，对日本园林有独到的见解。

本书由美国作家、影评家、导演、编剧、作曲家唐纳德·里奇 (1924年4月17日-2013年2月19日)倾情撰写前言。他自20世纪50年代起长期居住在日本，一直致力于日本电影的研究，发表过许多与日本电影有关的专著和文艺评论，并导演过多部实验电影作品，对日本电影乃至日本文化在西方世界的推广起到重要作用。

Stephen Mansfield is a British writer and photojournalist whose work has appeared in over 60 magazines, newspapers and journals worldwide. He is the author of several books, including Japan: Islands of the Floating World, Japan’s Master Gardens and Tokyo: A Biography. He currently resides in Japan, where he is a regular book reviewer for The Japan Times. He has also become an authority on Japanese gardens and has traveled all over Japan to visit and photograph both celebrated and little-known gardens. He recently designed and built a Japanese garden at his home in the outer suburbs of Tokyo, a project that took four seasons to complete.

Donald Richie (1924-2013), novelist, essayist, journalist, and film scholar was born in Lima, Ohio, in 1924 but has spent most of the last sixty years witnessing and reporting on the transformation of Japan from postwar devastation to economic powerhouse. He was the author of some forty books of fiction and nonfiction, dozens of speeches and essays, and hundreds of book, film, and arts reviews.

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