Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects

Les Jardins de Villandry

Ayaakira OKAZAKI

1966 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 8-11
Published: August 30, 1966
Released on J-STAGE: July 19, 2011

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5632/jila1934.30.8

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Parmi le grand nombre de jardins de la Côte d'Argent, celui du château de Villandry est le seul qui ait garde son aspect original du XVIe siècle.
Bien qu'il ait été restauré au début de ce siècle par le Dr. Catvallo, le jardin de Villandry, qu'on qualifie aussi de “représentation actuelle d'un parterre de style gothique”, est un monument précieux de l'histoire des jardins francrais.
Les jardins de la vallée de la Loire ne peuvent pas soutenir la comparaison avec ceux de I'Italie, tandis que les bâtiments ne sont pas nécessairement moins beaux que les demeures de la Renaissance italienne.
Les jardins de la Loire de cette époque ont tous disparu parce que, par leur composition et par rapport aux batiments, ils ri etaient pas de tres grande valeur. C'est pourquoi, le jardin de Villandry doit être conservé car it est l'unique jardin du XVIe siècle que nous pouvons admirer aujourd'hui dans son aspect d'alors.

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The influences of Expositions on the Development of Parks

Rikio TAKAHASHI

1966 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 12-24
Published: August 30, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5632/jila1934.30.12

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Late in the Meiji era three famous large parks Tennoji, Okazaki and Tsuruma Park-were founded in Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya respectively. It is vei y noteworthy in the park history that an exposition took part in the establishment of these parks. The large site used for an exposition were converted into a city park after its closing, as in the case of Osaka and Kyoto.
In Nagoya, on the other hand, the construction of Tsuruma Park, where the 10th Kansai Competitive Exhibition was held, was remarkably promoted.
I can point out some interesting characteristics in the design of these completed parks, which are representative of city parks in those days. European techniques are boldly introduced into the park planning besides the traditinal ones. For instance, a large parterre with an arabesque pattern of shrubs in Tennoji Park, or the main axis visually emphasized by creating the allée, and a radial layout of paths with a decorative central feature, an outstanding fountain, serves as a focal point, in Tsuruma Park.
It is true that these distinc`ve characters of the park planning were born under the social cond tien a in the Meiji era, when Japan had been absorbed in transplanting the Western civilization. But at the same time I can not overlook the direct and indirect influences of modern or progressive ideas existed in expositions and exhibitions of those days.

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1966 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 25-33
Published: August 30, 1966
Released on J-STAGE: July 19, 2011

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5632/jila1934.30.25

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