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Shinden Style Garden

寝殿造庭園

shindenzukuri-teien

In a word

Shinden Style Garden is a garden style that defines how a Japanese garden is composed and experienced.

Overview

Shinden Style Garden describes a way of composing and experiencing a garden. Depending on the relationship between stone, water, plants, buildings, and paths, a garden may be walked through, viewed from a room, or contemplated quietly.

A gardener's perspective

Shinden Style Garden provides a framework for reading the whole garden. It helps explain why stones, water, plants, and architecture are arranged as they are.

How to observe it in a garden

When observing Shinden Style Garden, look at where it appears in the garden and how it shapes gaze, movement, or feeling.

Also known as

Shinden Style Garden

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