The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto.The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto Katsuhiko Mizuno & Masaaki Ono Kodansha America, Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10022 4770029373 $45.00 1-800-451-7556 The impressively visual photography of Katsuhiko Mizuno deftly deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. combine with the infomative text of Masaaki Ono in The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto, an amazingly beautiful photography book presenting captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. images of Kyoto gardens. The full-color pictures come with captions in fine print that succinctly inform the reader of the garden's location and style of composition. A summary of basic information and common Japanese garden Japanese gardens (Kanji 日本庭園, nihon teien), that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, at Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, and at historical landmarks such as old castles. formations is included in the back, but the majority of The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto is devoted to resplendent re·splen·dent adj. Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplend photographs of the gardens themselves. A singularly beautiful treasury. |
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