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Traditional Samurai gardens of the Edo era

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Zen – serene, contemplative, a discipline of meditation associated with painting, rock gardens, and flower arranging – seems an odd ingredient in the martial psyche of the Japanese Samurai. Winston King, “Zen and the Way of the Sword”. The first time I learned about the Samurai residences (and) gardens of Chiran 知覧武家屋敷群 was in […]

February 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Architecture, Art, Design, Visible objects | Comments are closed