zakanshiki teien　座観式庭園

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. seated appreciation style garden. A modern term designating gardens meant to be seen or "appreciated" from a fixed and seated position, usually from inside a building or from its veranda. Unlike the scroll style garden *kaiyuushiki teien 回遊式庭園, or tea garden *roji 露地, which are entered the zakanshiki teien *karesansui 枯山水 and most *jouge nidanshiki teien 上下二段式庭園 are meant to be viewed from a seated perspective.

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