Garden of Asia - Impressions From Japan

Klappentext This 1904 account of new flora influenced English gardening style; the legacy of Farrer's plant introductions remains significant today. Zusammenfassung First published in 1904, this work describes the expeditions of the horticulturalist Reginald J. Farrer (1880–1920) in Asia. His accounts of new flora, and especially of rock gardens, influenced English gardening style, and the legacy of his writings and plant introductions remains significant today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Dai Nipon Banzai; 2. The metropolis of Japan; 3. The gardens of Tokio; 4. The greater gardens; 5. Housekeeping; 6. Inage: a sketch from Japan; 7. Shops and shopping; 8. Korea; 9. Impressions round Peking; 10. Nikko, Kekko; 11. Natai-San; 12. The Lady Little Willow Tree; 13. Shiba-no-tera; 14. Asakusa-no-Tera; 15. Uyeno-no-tera; 16. Northward; 17. The Hokkaido; 18. Matsushima; 19. Yoshiwara; 20. The sphinx in Japan; 21. Matsuri; 22. The Holy One of Kamakura; 23. Enoshima; 24. Ikao and Karuizawa; 25. The circuit of the Holy One; 26. Miyanoshita, Hakoné, Atami; 27. The passing of days; 28. Sayonara.

Product details

• Authors: Reginald John Farrer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2011
• EAN: 9781108037211
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03721-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Japan, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Landscape architecture and design