Week 1 Flashcards
In which of the following five prefectures is the Japanese garden in this picture located?
[lots of ponds]
Okayama Prefecture
Which style does 金閣寺 belong to?
Chisenshuyu-shiki Garden
Describe Nobedan
Stones laid as a path
Which Japanese garden is in the “Karesansui” style?
Tofuku-ji Hojo-teien
Which building is built with “Shinden-zukuri” style?
Byodo-in Temple Ho-o-do
Which is Daimyo Garden?
One with unique lantern thing
What is the entrance of a Japanese tea room “Chashitsu” called?
nijiriguchi
Which garden use “Shakkei”?
Tenryū-ji Sōgenchi
Which of the following six Japanese gardens is not a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Tenryū-ji Sōgenchi
Who was famous for creating Japanese gardens in the first half of the 14th century using sand, gravel, and stones?
MUSŌ Kokushi
Where is the baguette like stone from?
Daitoku-ji
Daisen-in Garden
In which of the following five prefectures is the Japanese garden in this picture located?
[dull sky with lots of stones]
Kyoto Prefecture
Which gardens is this photograph from?
[kamejima, turujima]
Daigo-ji, Sanbō-in Garden
Which of the following styles of garden is shown in this photograph?
[Chozu or temizu on top of stone]
Roji
Which of the following categories do the element(s) comprising the Japanese gardens in this photograph belong to?
[picture of stone bridge]
Staffage
How many stones can be found in this garden?
[the sand one]
15
Which of the following categories do the element(s) comprising the Japanese gardens in this photograph belong to?
[kamejima, turujima]
Stones and rocks
In which of the following five prefectures is the Japanese garden in this picture located?
[There’s a big tree blocking most of the view]
Shimane Prefecture
Which of the following categories do the element(s) comprising the Japanese gardens in this photograph belong to?
[picture of koi in pond]
Staffage
In which Japanese gardens can you see the garden object in this photograph?
[Grey-ish white sand mountain]
Ginkaku-ji Garden
Which of the following styles of garden is shown in this photograph?
[Red temple with pond right next to it]
Jōdo-shiki Garden
Which garden is this photograph from?
[紅葉が綺麗+pond]
Tenryū-ji Sōgenchi
In which prefecture is the Japanese garden in this picture located?
[image taken from balcony]
Ibaraki Prefecture
Which of the following categories do the element(s) comprising the Japanese gardens in this photograph belong to?
[bamboo fence]
Staffage
Which of the following categories do the element(s) comprising the Japanese gardens in this photograph belong to?
[tome-ishi]
Staffage
What are the four major elements of Japanese gardens?
Water, Stones and Rocks, Plants, and Staffage
What are the elements of water?
たき、やりみず、
ちせん、きょくすい
What are the elements of stones and rocks?
Ishigumi, Iwajima, Suhama, Tsukiyama
What are the elements of plants?
Karikomi, Pine tree, seasonal flowers,
What are the elements of staffage?
Tobiishi, bridge, fish, sekimoriishi
Where is Byodo-in Garden located?
Uji, Kyoto Prefecture
Who was Muso Kokushi?
A well-known priest who designed many gardens using sand, gravel and stones during the first half of the 14 century.
What is Shakkei
A design method where a landscape or cultural feature outside the garden
is co-opted as “borrowed scenery.”
What is Shukkei
The miniaturization of famous sights and natural features in the stroll garden
What is the name of the white sand ocean in Ginkaku-ji garden?
Ginsyadan
What is the conical sand mountain in Ginkaku-ji garden?
Kogetsudai
Where is Murin-an (Meiji Period)?
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
What is Tsukiyama?
Man-made hill
What does Kinkaku-ji and the gardens represent?
極楽浄土
Who constructed Heian-Jingu, Higashi-shinen, Naka-shinen (Meiji period)?
Ogawa Jihei
What is the main pattern used in Tofuku-ji garden (Showa Period)?
Ichimatsu-moyo
In the southern garden of Tofuku-ji, what does the sharp gigantic boulder represent?
Shinsen Island
What are the “Great Gardens of Japan”?
- Kanazawa Kenroku-en
- Okayama Koraku-en
- Mito Kairaku-en
Who is Sen-no-rikyu?
Important figure in Chanoyu. Had
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
as students.
What does wabi mean?
Beauty of simplicity, rusticity, and understatement to convey a feeling of harmony.
What does sabi mean?
Concept that relies on the beauty of imperfection due to age.
How to enter chashitsu?
- Guests must pass through “kuguri”
- Wash their hands at “tsukubai”
- Enter room through “nijiruguchi”
What are the components of Chashitsu?
- Tatami
- Toko
- Ro
What is sukiya-zukuri?
Tea rooms being constructed into ordinary residences. Developed in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Tokugawa periods.
What is Tokujin-do?
(Koishikawa Korakuen)
Temple with wooden statue of
[Hakui Shukusei].
[Tokugawa Mitsukuni] was impressed after reading “Hakui Retsu-den” from “Shiki”
What is Engetsu-kyo?
(Koishikawa Korakuen)
The reflection of the bridge in the pond produces a full circle wit the appearance of a full moon.
What is Naitei?
(Koishikawa Korakuen)
Area of the garden where the Mito Clan maintained a “shoin”-style guesthouse.
What is Horai ishigumi?
Central mountain of the Daoism universe. represented in Japanese gardens with vertical faced rocks.
What is Shumisen Ishigumi?
Central mountain of the Buddhist universe.
Often represented in Japanese gardens with vertical faced rocks. Also called Sumeru in Sanskrit.
What is Shinden-Zukuri?
Literally “sleeping room,”
Main room in aristocratic buildings of the Heian period (794–1185) and consisting of a shinden,
or chief central building, to which subsidiary structures were connected by corridors.
