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Water is an integral part of the traditional ... its significance throughout history. The classical Japanese garden is a landscape, artificially contrived, and redolent of symbolism.

in which scenery was reproduced in the "karesansui" (Japanese: "dry landscape garden"). The garden was created by Zen Buddhist monk Soseki Muso, who was compelled by a special love for the West to ...

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