Japanese Gardens And The Garden - 1490 Words

Japanese Gardens is a garden style that originated in Japan with a design elements that in line with the Buddhist belief. Buddhist teaching is symbolized in the different elements are make up the garden as a whole. Buddhism belief are used in the inspiration of various element through the use of water, stone, and architectural pieces. The specific element that will be focused on in this paper is water, stone, architectural elements. The Japanese Garden that used to break down the broad scope of all the different elements is a Japanese Garden. I chose to use this a Japanese Garden as my primary garden since I have visited multiple times at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Garden here in town. In this garden all the key elements are†¦show more content†¦The waterfall in the garden of my primary text is a multi-stage style of waterfall. The waterfalls in the garden symbolize permanent impermanence (Shinn). The analysis the symbolism of water as a whole in the Japanese Garden it symbolizes the continuous flow of time and life change elements in the garden. One understanding of the flow of time and life change is that life is always moving forward at a fast pace and life is always changing. Along with life is always changing that can be seen as nothing in life is ever permanent. The Buddhist belief that re flects this idea is anatta: The theory that nothing is permanent entity of self (Anatta). The second element of Japanese Garden is the use of stones in the garden. According to the Ancient Japanese mythology, the mountains and stones create the skeletons of the Earth and symbolize permanence and immutability, and water is its blood, a symbol of the flow of life and change (5 Japanese Garden Elements). In Japanese gardens the stone element are all throughout the gardens in stone lantern and stone pagodas. First stone sculptural piece is the stone lanterns as are known as toro in Japanese they re symbolic of shedding light for a night time stroll (Fallow), while also described as being used to mark paths to tea rooms as well as to punctuate locations of water basins and entry points (Shinn 32-37). They are many various types of stone structures in a Japanese garden