A Study on the Technical Lineage of the Rock Composition of Japanese Gardens (II)

On the Forming process of the Ancient Japanese Gardens

Abstract

The forming process of Japanese gardens became plain playing stress on its techniques. At first, the gardens of Asuka, Omi and Kibi that are the cultural region of the ancient were analyzed and investigated.
In the result, that the gardens were closely connected with ancient culture, nothing of all, the technique of rock composition, representative of ancient tomb in each region became plain.
The festival of ancient tomb was connected with Iwakura and Iwasaka, the belief to stone, and its technique was connected with ancient fortress and stone statue alike Syumisen-zo.
That this technique was the transmission from ancient Korea was investigated. Ancient Japanese gardens were formed with various elements being entangled, example for, ancient fortress, stone statue, Iwakura and Iwasaka based on the technique of rock composition in ancient tomb.