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• Database: Japanese Gardens

[...] relaxation, strolling, and sometimes celebration.

But in the 14th and 15th centuries, Zen Buddhism led to the creation of a new garden style, characterized by an aesthetic of simplicity. This is reflected in the moss gardens of Saiho-ji in Kyoto and Tenryu-ji (one of the "Five Mountains" of Zen, centers of the Rinzai sect), which were designed by Muso Soseki (1275-1351), a great Zen monk. In these gardens, Soseki ingeniously arranged collections of standing stones to look like waterfalls.

Gradually, during the 15th century, small, all-mineral gardens were introduced (dry landscape gardens or kare sansui), designed to be viewed from a fixed point, unlike the strolling gardens of the past. Like the famous Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, these became places of meditation: five islands of stones set amidst a sea of sand, surrounded by an ochre-color wall. What is a garden without plants, flowers, and water? This is the apparent contradiction posed for all enlightenment-seekers who meditate here.

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