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The White Path Crossing Two Rivers: A Contemporary Japanese Garden Represents the Past |
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Ten Grotenhuis, Elizabeth
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Journal of Garden History
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| Volume | v.15 |
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| Date | 1995.01-03 |
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| Pages | 1 - 18 |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 720
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| Keyword | Nakane, Kinsaku, 1917-1995; Buddhist Gardens in Japan; Buddhist Iconography; Grotenhuis, Elizabeth Ten |
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| Abstract | The writer discusses the White Path Crossing Two Rivers garden，built by Kinsaku Nakane in 1986 at the Buddhist temple of Taimadera, Japan. The garden is faithful to a long tradition of rock-filled，dry landscape gardens (karesansui) in which gravel substitutes for water. Although such dry landscape gardens have been associated with Zen Buddhist monastery gardens from the 16th century onward，the inspiration for the Taimadera garden explicates a different Buddhist tradition--the Pure Land school of Buddhism. The garden interprets a didactic tale devised by a seventh-century Chinese monk，in which a pilgrim must cross a white path that is surrounded by fire and water. The writer goes on to consider the layers of literary and visual representations that underlie this garden，which have been，until now，unpublished. |
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| ISSN | 01445170 |
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| Hits | 262 |
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| Created date | 2001.01.15
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| Modified date | 2016.07.26 |
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