CONTENTS PREFACES THE SPIRIT OF THE ROCKS by Christophe Girot 11 CONCEPT GARDENS by Gunter Nitschke 13 MIREI SHIGEMORI AND MODERN JAPANESE ARTISTIC CREATION by Kendall H Brown 15 REBEL WITH A CAUSE by Christian Tschumi 18 LIFE AND INFLUENCES THE EARLY YEARS 25 Growing up in the countryside of Okayama His First Garden A BROAD EDUCATION 27 Academy in Tokyo' Studying Art History, Aesthetics and Philosophy ' The University of Culture Project SOME MAJOR CHANGES 29 Return to His Hometown ' Changing His Name ' Moving to Kyoto THE SCHOLAR AND WRITER 31 The Big Survey of All Gardens in Japan IKEBANA-A LIFELONG PASSION 36 The New Ikebana Declaration CHAD6-THE WAY OF TEA 39 Tea as a Way of Life CALLIGRAPHY 42 RELIGION 44 The Yoshikawa Hachimangu Toban Matsuri' Shinto and the Origins of the Japanese Garden THE MATURE YEARS 48 Children with Foreign Names 'The Kyoto Garden Association ' Starting His Own Company ' A Residence for Life * After the War'lsamu Noguchiand the UNESCO Garden in Paris ' Busy Building Gardens, then Resuming Writing ' Toward the End: A Second Survey STRATEGY FOR RENEWAL ROOTED IN PLACE AND CULTURE 57 Three Approaches to Designing a Garden 57 TRADITIONAL AND NEW DESIGN ELEMENTS 60 Traditional Design Elements * 61 New Design Elements 64 THE LINES AND COLORS OF NATURE 66