As a small-format textbook of the traditional Japanese garden and its terminology, this guide features clear drawings and diagrams, helping users to understand every kind of landscape and decorative element, both man-made and natural.

Among the typologies included are footpaths, raked gravel, reservoirs, lanterns, water elements, woven fences, wooden lattices, roofed walls, gazebos and pavilions, and the myriad forms and arrangements of boulders, stones, and other rocky features.

As a small-format textbook of the traditional Japanese garden and its terminology, this guide features clear drawings and diagrams, helping users to understand every kind of landscape and decorative element, both man-made and natural.

Among the typologies included are footpaths, raked gravel, reservoirs, lanterns, water elements, woven fences, wooden lattices, roofed walls, gazebos and pavilions, and the myriad forms and arrangements of boulders, stones, and other rocky features.