Abstract
This research aimed to reveal the landscape characteristics of traditional Korean villa garden by viewshed analyasis. Through the field survey， quantitative GIS analysis and landscape simulations of five gardens in Honam region， the following are consequently observed; 1) much wider area is included as viewshed than previous research suggested， 2) landscape characteristics is categorized in two of the 'the mountain view type' and 'the plain view type'， 3) gardens gain the overlaying composition of mountain view as the basic characteristics. These observations are to be significant for future conservation of those traditional gardens
