The Landscape Dynamics of the Kyoto-Imperial Palace Garden and the Genealogy of its “Spirituality”

Abstract

Investigating landscape dynamics of the Kyoto-Gyoen, genealogy of its spirituality was identified in comparison with the Kokyo-Gaien. The landscape dynamics and the spirituality intrinsic in the two gardens were distinguished. The landscape of the Kyoto-Gyoen consists of the two factors; the factor that inherits indigenous characteristics before the foundation and the factor that has been changed by the large-scale remodeling project and the other projects. The landscape of the Kokyo-Gaien is basically formed by the factor that inherits indigenous characteristics. The spirituality of the Kyoto-Gyoen had the flexibility that corresponds to needs of the time and the society without diminishing the indigenous characteristics. On the other hand, the spirituality of the Kokyo-Gaien had profundity that was brought by the maintenance of the indigenous characteristics.