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Japanese garden aesthetic principles, Miniaturization

Tue, January 21, 2014, by Muza-chan
The fourth part of the "Japanese garden aesthetic principles" series of articles


It is common practice for the Japanese garden designers to symbolically represent mountains, islands or seas through miniaturization. Thus, a simple mound represents a mountain, a pond is a sea and a rock is an island...

But sometimes the miniaturization is taken to the extreme, like this truly remarkable miniature garden, photographed inside a small temple from Minato, Tokyo: an entire garden built on a rock no bigger than a chair... The trees a real bonsai, there are several stone paths and even miniature stone lanterns! Absolutely beautiful...

Miniature Japanese garden
EXIF info:

Nikon Df
Lens: 24-70mm F/2.8G
Focal Length: 24mm
Aperture: F/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400


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