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Borrowed scenery (借景 'shakkei') gardens make use of background features and external landscapes as creative elements.

Many shakkei gardens in Kyōto have been lost over time due to urban development, or even re-landscaping (as may be the case with Ryōan-ji's famous zen garden!).

#landscaping #gardens #zen #借景 #borrowedscenery #shakkei

Show threadCamellia Tea CeremonyNov 14, 2023

Borrowed scenery (借景 'shakkei') gardens make use of background features and external landscapes as creative elements.

Many shakkei gardens in Kyōto have been lost over time due to urban development, or even re-landscaping (as may be the case with Ryōan-ji's famous Zen garden!).

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #shakkei #borrowedscenery #zengarden #zen

Camellia Tea CeremonyNov 13, 2023

🌿PERSIMMON PALACE🌄

Entsū-ji (円通寺) was once surrounded by such an abundance of persimmon trees and azalea bushes that in past times it was nicknamed 'Kaki-no-dera' (柿の寺) and 'Tsutsuji-no-dera' (ツツジの寺).
The temple is now better known for its 'borrowed scenery' garden.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #persimmon #円通寺 #Entsuji #azalea #shakkei #borrowedscenery

Dr Rashmee Roshan LallApr 30, 2023
There are some big themes in Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng's novel The Garden of Evening Mists. As The Guardian review from 2012, when the book was published (and longlisted for the Booker Prize) put it, “This is a novel that overflows with historical and specialist information”. No more so than the gardening philosophy #shakkei.
Centuries after its inception, the name continues to be used, widely, in diverse sectors, not least gaming, architecture and photography.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rashmee/p/in-the-garden-shakkei-borrows-scenery?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
In the garden, shakkei 'borrows scenery' to frame, as would a photographer

As someone who likes to garden, one of the more delightful concepts I recently learnt about is shakkei. Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng’s novel The Garden of Evening Mists mentions this technique, which isn’t really a design principle so much as a philosophy.

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Dr Rashmee Roshan LallApr 25, 2023
There are some big themes in Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng's novel The Garden of Evening Mists. As The Guardian review from 2012, when the book was published (and longlisted for the Booker Prize) put it, “This is a novel that overflows with historical and specialist information”.
No more so than #shakkei.
Centuries after its inception, the name continues to be used, widely, in diverse sectors, not least gaming, architecture and photography. https://rashmee.medium.com/in-the-garden-shakkei-borrows-scenery-to-frame-as-would-a-photographer-51380ebb60ce
In the garden, shakkei ‘borrows scenery’ to frame, as would a photographer

As someone who likes to garden, one of the more delightful concepts I recently learnt about is shakkei. Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng’s novel The Garden of Evening Mists mentions this technique…

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