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borrowed_scenery [2008-10-14 13:17] nikborrowed_scenery [2013-04-24 12:38] – Links to garginz changed to parn:garginz alkan
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-==== borrowed scenery -   ==== +==== borrowed scenery - 借景 ==== 
  
-via: wikipedia & various sources (cf. [[wp>Borrowed_scenery]])+via: wikipedia & various sources (cf. [[wp>Borrowed_scenery]]). see also [[parn:garginz]] and http://fo.am/borrowed-scenery
  
 Shakkei (借景 C:jie jing, J:shakkei) was originally codified in the oldest extant Japanese garden manual, the Sakuteiki (作庭記, Sakuteiki "Records of Garden Making"). This text, which is attributed to Tachibana Toshitsuna (橘俊綱, 1028-1094 CE), a son of the Byodoin's designer Fujiwara no Yorimichi (藤原頼通, 990-1074 CE), records the Heian period’s attention to a concept called "mono no aware" (物の哀れ) "the pathos of things" Shakkei (借景 C:jie jing, J:shakkei) was originally codified in the oldest extant Japanese garden manual, the Sakuteiki (作庭記, Sakuteiki "Records of Garden Making"). This text, which is attributed to Tachibana Toshitsuna (橘俊綱, 1028-1094 CE), a son of the Byodoin's designer Fujiwara no Yorimichi (藤原頼通, 990-1074 CE), records the Heian period’s attention to a concept called "mono no aware" (物の哀れ) "the pathos of things"
  
-These four principle tenets guiding Japanese garden organization are,+==== Four principle tenets guiding Japanese garden organization ====
   * shotoku no sansui (生得の山水, shotoku no sansui "natural mountain river") intending to create in the likeness of nature   * shotoku no sansui (生得の山水, shotoku no sansui "natural mountain river") intending to create in the likeness of nature
   * kōhan no shitagau (湖畔に従う, kōhan no shitagau "follow the lakeshore") planning in accordance with the site topography   * kōhan no shitagau (湖畔に従う, kōhan no shitagau "follow the lakeshore") planning in accordance with the site topography
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   * fuzei (風情, fuzei "feeling of wind") capturing and presenting the ambience   * fuzei (風情, fuzei "feeling of wind") capturing and presenting the ambience
  
-The Chinese counterpart of shakkei (借景) is jiejing (借景) "borrow/lend scenery". According to the 1635 CE Chinese garden manual Yuanye (園冶), there are four categories of yuanjie (遠借 "distant borrowing", e.g., mountains, lakes)linjie (隣借 "adjacent borrowing", neighboring buildings and features)yangjie (仰借 "upward borrowing", clouds, stars), and fujie (俯借 "downward borrowing", rocks, ponds); respectively Japanese enshaku, rinshaku, gyōshaku, and fushaku.+==== jiejing (借景) "borrow/lend scenery" ==== 
 + 
 +The Chinese counterpart of shakkei (借景) is jiejing (借景) "borrow/lend scenery". According to the 1635 CE Chinese garden manual Yuanye (園冶), there are four categories of "borrowing", 
 +  * yuanjie (遠借 "distant borrowing", e.g., mountains, lakes) 
 +  * linjie (隣借 "adjacent borrowing", neighboring buildings and features) 
 +  * yangjie (仰借 "upward borrowing", clouds, stars) 
 +  * fujie (俯借 "downward borrowing", rocks, ponds); respectively Japanese enshaku, rinshaku, gyōshaku, and fushaku. 
 + 
 +====Best known (still existing) shakkei gardens in Japan==== 
 + 
 +Kyoto 
 +  * [[http://www.artofjpn.com/kyoto/entsuji.html | Entsuuji 円通寺 and Mt. Hiei 比叡]] 
 +  * [[http://www.japannet.de/kyoto/higashi/murinan.html | Murin'an 無隣庵 and Higashiyama 東山]] 
 + 
 +Nara 
 +  * [[http://www.oct.zaq.ne.jp/mukaitak/jikouin.htm | Jikouin 慈光院 and the Tomio 富雄 River]] 
 +  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuien_Garden | Isuien 依水園 and the Great South Gate, Nandaimon,南大門 at Todaiji 東大寺]] 
 + 
 +Kanagawa prefecture 
 +  * Koki'an 古稀庵 and Sagami 相模 Bay 
 + 
 +==== Penjing ==== 
 + 
 +Penjing (Chinese: 盆景; pinyin: pén jǐng; literally "tray scenery"> [[wp>Penjing]] 
 + 
 +Four guiding concepts: 
 +  * gugao – aloofness 
 +  * jianjie – sparseness 
 +  * ya – elegance 
 +  * pingdan - plainness 
 + 
 + 
 +------- 
 + 
 +for related thoughts in European context: see the [[reading notes]] for [[Archaeology of Natural Places]]
  
  
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