Japanese rock garden (Karesansui literal meaning: the dry landscape) or
Zen garden is one of the styles in the Japanese garden. This type of
garden does not use water. Natural landscapes depicted with stones and
sand which symbolizes the pool and the water flow. People who viewed
asked to imagine that the white sand and gravel is surface water. The
bridge was built to give the impression of a constant flow of water
underneath. The patterns in the sand laid out with bamboo rake to
symbolize the flow of water.
This park is abstract, and especially developed in Zen temples in the Muromachi period that is also known as a Zen garden. Nevertheless, the stone garden is one part of some Japanese garden style of previous eras, such as in parks and gardens Kaiyu style shinden-zukuri style built at the official residence of the daimyo. After the increasing popularity rock garden in the Muromachi period, the Japanese rock garden is accepted as one of the Japanese garden style. Different styles and models of other Japanese garden, rock garden Japan did not require water. Therefore, rock gardens allow people to make a Japanese garden in hard water areas.
Garden stone representing this style garden is a rock garden and Saiho Daitoku-ji-ji in Kyoto. Japanese rock garden most famous are in Ryōan-ji, Kyoto. The rock garden Ryōan-ji consists of 15 pieces of stone on top of sand surrounded by a wall. In Ryōan-ji rock garden there is only sand and rocks, no trees or shrubs. Viewed from any angle (except from the top), in the rock garden Ryōan-ji visible only 14 pieces of stone.
Garden stone representing this style garden is a rock garden and Saiho Daitoku-ji-ji in Kyoto. Japanese rock garden most famous are in Ryōan-ji, Kyoto. The rock garden Ryōan-ji consists of 15 pieces of stone on top of sand surrounded by a wall. In Ryōan-ji rock garden there is only sand and rocks, no trees or shrubs. Viewed from any angle (except from the top), in the rock garden Ryōan-ji visible only 14 pieces of stone.