
Shakkei
Shakkei is the garden technique of visually incorporating scenery beyond the site through framing, layering, and controlled viewpoints.

Shakkei is the garden technique of visually incorporating scenery beyond the site through framing, layering, and controlled viewpoints.

Tsukiyama are constructed hills that shape topography, views, and miniature landscape in Japanese gardens, often together with ponds.

A roji is the garden approach to a tea house, organizing the guest’s passage through paths, gates, waiting places, and purification.

An introduction to the history, major types, materials, viewing practices, and cultural settings of gardens in Japan.