Open AccessA traditional Japanese garden and its lessons for modern times
Author(s) -
Yang Ding,
Polina Zueva,
Indrė Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė,
Hanna Yablonska,
Marek Początko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
landscape architecture and art
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.152
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2255-8640
pISSN - 2255-8632
DOI - 10.22616/j.landarchart.2021.19.08
Subject(s) - contemplation , asceticism , syncretism (linguistics) , aesthetics , history , art , philosophy , theology , linguistics , archaeology
The study focuses on the origins and characteristics of traditional Japanese landscape design and its features. A comparative analysis of historical Chinese and Japanese horticultural traditions is carried out, as a result of which it is proved that in both cases the basis was religious syncretism with regional characteristics. A comparative analysis of Chinese and Japanese gardens has shown how, over time, they drifted further and further from each other, the Chinese garden continued to improve its hedonistic orientation, while the Japanese garden followed the path of maximum asceticism, the aesthetics of empty space, symbolism, that is, which helped maximize concentration and self-contemplation.