The Japanese Garden Database is intended as a repository of information on the historical gardens of Japan. It is a non-profit, educational web site that seeks to provide information on a selection of outstanding examples of garden art found in Japan while juxtaposing a diversity of media related to them. This juxtaposition is intended to bring about fresh insight to a body of discourse that can often be mired in romanticized and exoticized notions of Asia and the cultures therein.
#EsquimaltGorgePark. At #JapaneseGardens.
You'll see stone lanterns in many Asian gardens & lining pathways & entrances of Buddhist temples. They have a long history.
History of stone lanterns:
#StoneLanterns have been known in #China as early as the Han dynasty (202 BCEโ220 CE), and prevailed from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties all the way up to the Tang Dynasty, when they were introduced to #Japan. The earliest known extant stone lantern in China is the Northern Qi (550-577) stone lantern in the remains of Tongzi Temple in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Other early stone lanterns which date from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) remain extant in several temples around China, such as the stone lantern in Faxing Temple in Zhangzi, Shanxi which was built in 773.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_lantern
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Stephen Mansfield discusses Japanese gardens with Amy Chavez.
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https://writersinkyoto.com/2025/10/02/nonfiction/podcast-stephen-mansfield-modern-japanese-garden/
Pretty pink Japanese anemone flowers, gently dancing in the wind.
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On a single small island in Shugaku-in, the imperial pleasure garden, Autumn has arrived.
Iโm the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.
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