Abstract
The auther studied the definition of “Jpanese garden” as a scientific term. The meaning of the word “Japanese garden” was considered through (1) general dictionary, (2) dictionary on the field of garden and landscape architecture in Japanese, (3) dictionary on the field in another languages, and (4) technical books on Japanese gardens and or gardens in Japan.
We usually use the word “Japanese garden”, but we could hardly find the definition as a scientific term. Furthermore there is some confusion in the usage of the word “Japanese garden”. So that the auther recomended to use “Japanese garden” for the garden in Japan and “Japanese traditional garden” for Japanese style garden.
