Tenryu-ji
Life and Spirit of a Kyoto Garden
Will be published approx. on 31. May 2012
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-61172-004-4 (ISBN)
Description
This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto and a major destination for tourism and worship, weaves together history, design, culture, and personal reflection to reveal the inner workings of a great spiritual institution. Looking at Tenryuji's present as a mirror to its past, and detailing the famous pond and rockwork composition by renowned designer Muso Soseki, Norris Brock Johnson presents the first full-length "biography" of a Zen temple garden. Norris Brock Johnson is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and has been teaching and writing about Japanese temple gardens for over twenty years.
Reviews / Votes
"Whether you experience Tenryu-ji in person or through the pages of this book, you will learn to understand the enduring appeal of Japanese gardens and will take away a lot more than photographic images and quickly fading memories. You will have a connection with the garden that will stay with you until your next visit- or your first." - The New York Journal of Books "[Norris Brock Johnson is] the perfect guide, describing Tenryu-ji with intellectual conciseness and tenderness, for a site that has clearly come to represent more than just a sacred garden."--The Japan TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley CA
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
713 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61172-004-4 (9781611720044)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
07/2012
1st Edition
Stone Bridge Press
€14.49
Available for download
Person
Norris Brock Johnson is a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a Fulbright Lecturer at Waseda University and University of Tokyo, Komaba. Professor Johnson has been researching, teaching, and writing about the temple gardens of Japan for over twenty years.
Content
The Pond in the Garden 000
Acknowledgments 000
Part I: Land, Landscape, and the Spirit of Place 000
1 Mountains, Water, and Fragrant Trees 000
2 Death, Dream, and the Genesis of a Temple 000
3 Clouds of Flowers Preserve the Way 000
Part II: A Garden in Green Shade 000
4 A Pond of Shadow and Shimmering Stones 000
5 Footprints in the Sky
6 Settling Flowers of Ice
7 Bridge to Buddha-Nature 000
8 Sitting in the Garden 000
9 Anchors Along the Journey 000
10 The Dragon Gate 000
Part III: Garden as Life and Spirit 000
11 A Walk to the Garden 000
12 Stones and Life: Sweet to See 000
13 Just As Before 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
Acknowledgments 000
Part I: Land, Landscape, and the Spirit of Place 000
1 Mountains, Water, and Fragrant Trees 000
2 Death, Dream, and the Genesis of a Temple 000
3 Clouds of Flowers Preserve the Way 000
Part II: A Garden in Green Shade 000
4 A Pond of Shadow and Shimmering Stones 000
5 Footprints in the Sky
6 Settling Flowers of Ice
7 Bridge to Buddha-Nature 000
8 Sitting in the Garden 000
9 Anchors Along the Journey 000
10 The Dragon Gate 000
Part III: Garden as Life and Spirit 000
11 A Walk to the Garden 000
12 Stones and Life: Sweet to See 000
13 Just As Before 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000