Turning Gardens in Japan into Japanese Gardens Nation, Nature, Heritage, and Modernity since the 1890s

In the mid nineteenth century, as Japan rapidly modernized, garden building declined in popularity. Only in the late nineteenth century did a new class of political and business leaders revive interest in horticulture, seeking garden designs that broke away from established patterns. As a result, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tagsold, Christian (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2025
Subjects:	Landscape art and architecture. Social and cultural history. ART / Art & Politics. GARDENING / Japanese Gardens. HISTORY / Asia / Japan. Landscape architecture and design. Asian history. South PRS Asian Studies AS Art and Material Cultures ARMC Cultural Studies CULTURAL East Asia and North East Asia EA & NE ASIA Heritage and Memory Studies HEST Modern History MOD HIS Urban Cultures URBAN AUP Wetenschappelijk AUP WETENSCH Japanese gardens, nationalism, nature, modernity, Japan, heritage Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Defining Gardens in/for Japan
From the Edo Period to the Mid-Meiji Period Chapter 2. Building New Gardens
Meiji and Taish. Period Chapter 3. Appreciating New Japanese Gardens in the West
Late Meiji to Early Showa Period Chapter 4. The Nation and Japanese Gardens
Taisho Period to End of WW II Chapter 5. The Garden in Our Backyard
The Postwar Decades Chapter 6. Gardens as National Heritage between Scholars and Bureaucrats
From the Postwar Era to the Heisei Period Chapter 7. Turning Gardens into Attractions
The Present Landscape Chapter 8. A Past Modernity as Heritage? Conclusion Bibliography