From the plenty of paradisiacal islands to the beauty of emptiness

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. Japan as prima materia 5
4. From the plenty of paradisiacal islands to the beauty of emptiness 17
5. From Zukai teien zōhō to Sakuteiki Projection, feedback, cross-pollination 49
6. Inspiration, imitation, integration Japanese garden design as a catalyst 81
7. From Ammann to Zürcher
8. Introduction 138
9. Gustav Ammann. Japan as a module 140
10. Albert Baumann. Japan as a motif 148
11. Ernst Baumann. Japan mirrored 152
12. Ernst Cramer. Japanese tempered 164
13. Hans Graf. Japan as a source 186
14. Fritz und Fredy Klauser. Japan as an ingredient 198
15. Walter Leder. Japan at heart 210
16. Evariste Mertens / Walter and Oskar Mertens / Hans Nussbaumer. Japanese masked 230
17. Willi Neukom. Japan as a basso continuo 240
18. Adolf Zürcher. Japanese reinterpreted 264
19. Lists of works 285
20. Plant catalogues 303
21. Bibliography 306
22. Subject index 316
23. Biography and Acknowledgements 319