Karesansui
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Japanese rock garden or Zen garden. attributive, often
"Wall of offices, windows, the fabulous design of the Japanese architects—and the surrounding gardens of dwarf evergreens, rocks, the karesansui landscape, sand imitating a dried-up stream winding past roots, among simple, irregular flat stones…."
Example
More examples"Wall of offices, windows, the fabulous design of the Japanese architects—and the surrounding gardens of dwarf evergreens, rocks, the karesansui landscape, sand imitating a dried-up stream winding past roots, among simple, irregular flat stones…."
Etymology
From Japanese 枯山水.
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