Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form.
by Mansfield, Stephen
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with black text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacke
- ISBN 10
- 4805310561
- ISBN 13
- 9784805310564
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo:: Tuttle Publishing, 2009.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with black text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 8.5 inches square . Glossary, bibliography, index. Photo endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated with color ;photographs. Provides insight into 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. The text, complemented by abundant imagery, reveals the hidden order of stone gardens, heightening the enthusiast's awareness and appreciation of how they were constructed, and why. Fifteen gardens are featured, some well known, others less so.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 065106
- Title
- Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Form.
- Author
- Mansfield, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with black text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacke
- Edition
- 1st Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 4805310561
- ISBN 13
- 9784805310564
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo:
- Date Published
- 2009.
- Pages
- 160 pages.
- Size
- about 8.5 inches square
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