THE ORIENT200 BC. TO PRESENT

GARDENS RELATE TO MAN AND NATURE

• COMPATIBLE, HARMONIOUS WITH NATURE
• MANKIND WITH NATURE; SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP
• SYMBOLIC; MEDITATIVE
• SIMPLISTIC INTERIOR CONNECTED WITH EXTERIOR; INDOOR/ OUTDOOR
  ZENITH OR HIGH POINT OF JAPANESE GARDENS:
• MUROMACHI ( 1335 TO 1573); SIMPLICITY AT ITS HIGHEST
• REPRESENTATIVE GARDEN- RYU-AN-JI (1480)
  MAJOR ELEMENTS OF JAPANESE GARDENS
• WATER: REAL OR IMAGINARY; SYMBOLIC H2O FEATURES
• STONE: RAKED OR NATURAL
• PLANTS/ VEGETATION: MINIMAL SIMPLE

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