US$16.95 II SADAO HIBI, one of Japan’s best-known photographers, nn Japanese gardens have long been admired for their has had his work published in more than fifty books on his ff capacity to improve on nature through impeccable country’s landscape, architecture, art, design, and gardens. ii His most recent work includes a survey of Japan’s historic nn design, detail, and composition: properties that elevate castles and a series of stamps for the Japanese Post Office, “When you design your garden you can pick them from mere gardens to sacred spaces. The ii as well as books on Japanese ceramics and the Ise Shrine. and choose from the very best that you have tt Sakuteiki, literally “notes on garden design,” by the This is his first major book published outside Japan. ee eleventh-century courtier and poet Tachibana no seen in nature, ensuring that every stone Toshitsuna laid out the principles that shaped the JOE EARLE, the editor and translator, was Director of the contributes something to the overall effect.” SS design of these gardens. A distillation of centuries of Japan Society Gallery in New York until October 2012 and pp garden design, the Sakuteiki remains a vital influence has occupied leadership positions in Asian art departments —from the Sakuteiki at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the aa for garden makers in Japan today. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Over the past thirty-five years cc Infinite Spaces pairs extracts from the Sakuteiki with he has organized more than two dozen exhibitions in ee IInnffiinniittee SSppaacceess inspiring images that beautifully illustrate the principles Britain, Japan, Italy and the United States and written, ss of this ancient work. Sadao Hibi’s superb photographs translated or edited books and catalogs on many aspects of capture some of Japan’s best-known gardens—from Japanese culture, ranging from contemporary art and design austere compositions in stone and gravel to richly through samurai sword-fittings to flower arrangement thT The Art and Wisdom of planted landscapes. The photographs express the h bronzes and lacquered medicine cases. He is currently based e e extraordinary beauty and diversity of one of the world’s in London, working as an independent art consultant. Ja A the Japanese Garden most ancient and revered styles of gardening. Discover pr JULIE MOIR MESSERVY is a landscape designer and at a treasure trove of practical advice and philosophical na principal of Messervy Associates. She trained with the en insight on building and maintaining pools, lakes, and ISBN 978-4-8053-1269-8 sd eminent Japanese garden master Kinsaku Nakane in Kyoto, 9<HTPILF=dbcgji>:q;W;r;u;v e streams; arranging stones for the most natural and W Japan, first as a Henry Luce Scholar, and later, as a Japan G harmonious effect; and designing water features and ai Foundation Fellow. She has built gardens throughout the rs placing stones to welcome auspicious deities while dd Boston area for the past twenty years, working with eo excluding malevolent influences. nm institutions and private individuals. With Professor Nakane, she helped design and build Tenshin-en, The Garden of the o The timeless visual artistry of the gardens and the f specific design techniques will inspire you to create Heart of Heaven, at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Ms. Edited by Joe Earle magnificent garden sanctuaries in your own backyard. Messervy’s first book, Contemplative Garden (1990), was Introduction by Julie Moir Messervy called one of the ten best garden books of that year by the Cover: Kenrokuen garden, Ishikawa New York Times. Her second, The Inward Garden won the TUTTLE Photographs by Sadao Hibi Garden Writers Association of American Gold Medal in 1996. www.tuttlepublishing.com TUTTLE www.tuttlepublishing.com TUTTLE Based on the Sakuteiki by Tachibana no Toshitsuna www.tuttlepublishing.com Printed in Malaysia IInnffiinniittee JJKKTT UUSS BBaarrccooddee..iinndddd 11 1111//1144//1122 22::4488 PPMM Ryoanji temple, Kyoto Enman'in shrine, Shiga Jizoin shrine, Mie Infinite Spaces The Art and Wisdom of the Japanese Garden Edited by Joe Earle Introduction by Julie Moir Messervy Photographs by Sadao Hibi TUTTLE Publishing Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore This new edition first published in 2013 by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. www.tuttlepublishing.com English language translation of Sakuteiki and introductory note copyright © 2000 by Joe Earle Photographs copyright © 2000 by Sadao Hibi Introduction copyright © 2000 by Julie Moir Messervy All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data in process ISBN 978-4-8053-1269-8 Distributed by North America Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 U.S.A. Tel: 1 (802) 773-8930; Fax: 1 (802) 773-6993 [email protected] / www.tuttlepublishing.com Japan Tuttle Publishing Yaekari Building, 3rd Floor, 5-4-12 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 0032 Tel: (81) 3 5437-0171; Fax: (81) 3 5437-0755 [email protected] / www.tuttle.co.jp Asia Pacific Berkeley Books Pte. Ltd. 61 Tai Seng Avenue #02-12, Singapore 534167 Tel: (65) 6280-1330; Fax: (65) 6280-6290 [email protected] / www.periplus.com 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in Malaysia 1301TW TUTTLE PUBLISHING® is a registered trademark of Tuttle Publishing, a division of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. Kenrokuen garden, Ishikawa Contents 7 Introduction 11 Principles of Garden Design 29 Pools and Lakes 45 Waterfalls 57 Streams 73 Trees and Mounds 83 Good and Evil 99 Stones