Le jardin japonais moderne

This book presents a selection of gardens in Tokyo, Kyoto and Fujisawa in Osaka, Okayama and Fukuoka. It examines major achievements in detail, sheds light on the work of the greatest Japanese garden designers, and explores the essential themes and new movements that govern their design, questioning the relationship between nature and modernity.

Divided into two parts, covering creations before and after 1945, the book reveals how the contemporary garden, reflecting the evolution of post-war attitudes, has ceased to be a marker of social status and influence and has become a place of calm and meditation. A brief history of the Japanese garden, from pre-Shinto stone arrangements to the end of the 19th century, precedes analyses of the modern garden integrated into corporate buildings, museums, hotels and public spaces.