12/30/10

1 About Shakkei


Shakkei is a Japanese word meaning ‘borrowed scenery’.  It describes the traditional practice of Chinese and Japanese gardening, and pertains to the technique of incorporating the existing natural landscape in the composition of a garden.  With this technique, both the background and foreground scenery of the garden become integrated, thereby creating a truly majestic and spacious sense of landscape. 

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