The Modern Japanese Garden is the first book to survey contemporary Japanese garden design, which has undergone striking developments in the last decade. It explores themes such as the influence of traditional Japanese cultural ideas on contemporary design, the miniaturization of landscape, sculpture, and texture, and the use -- by some modern garden designers -- of far more planting than was previously found in Japanese garden design.Photographed by Michael Freeman, an acclaimed photographer, most of the featured locations have not been previously documented in Western publications. In addition to important public gardens the book covers some of the best modern domestic gardens. There are also examples of experimental gardens -- such as a water garden with glass rocks; a mountain garden with flashing kinetic rods; and a rock garden built inside a large inclined tube. With an introduction by Shunmyo Masuno, one of the world's leading garden designers, this inspirational book is a must read for all garden enthusiasts.
