Abstract

This paper is a part of the research intends to shed light on the model of ideal scenery in Muromachi period. The aim of this paper is to clarify weather the landscape painting affected the landscape composition of viewing pond gardens in the period. There are eight gardens still exist, and each garden consists of upper part with main stone arrangements and lower one with pond in common. The landscapes of gardens are analyzed by the arrangement of garden elements according to the line of view. In consequence, we have following two distinct types of landscape composition: ‘diagonal type’ and ‘orthogonal type’. Five gardens of ‘diagonal type’ are characterized by the composition that stone arrangements lined along diagonal vector show the unification of garden elements. Three gardens of ‘orthogonal type’ show the vector toward the artificial hills in the center contrasts garden elements lined horizontal. Each spatial composition is illustrated with isometric projection, and considered by comparison to two configuration methods of landscape paintings: ‘three perspective drawing’ and ‘one corner’ composition.

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