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sansui
Literally "mountain water," or "mountains and waters." Another Japanese term for landscape, derived from the Chinese shanshui
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mitate
Literally "a new point of view." Often used to describe something that surprises a viewer, sometimes a visual metaphor or allusion, or something that is not exactly what it seems.
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amanohashidate
A long, narrow, pine-covered sand bar in Miyazu Bay, one of the three most revered landscapes in Japan. Often evoked in landscape design, most notably in the garden of the Katusura Detached Imperial V [..]
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ariso
Literally "rocky shore," a group of rocks set at a water's edge and designed to evoke a rugged seashore.
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bon-seki
The art of placing pebbles on a sand-covered tray, the dry equivalent of bonsai. Some analysts relate the famous garden at Ryoan-ji
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chisen
Pond (see also "ike" and "enchi").
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chisen kaiyu teien
Literally "pond spring stroll garden," a description of those gardens of the Muromachi Period and later in which one is intended to move through or around the garden on foot, instead of view [..]
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chisen shuyu teien
Literally "pond spring boating garden," describing those estate gardens of the Heian aristocracy (and their later imitators). Such gardens were intended to be the setting for boating parties [..]
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dejima
Peninsula.
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enchi
Pond (see also "ike" and "chisen"). Enchi can also be a synonym for garden.
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