著者

OGATA Takayuki LI Wei YAMADA Shoji

出版者

International Research Center for Japanese Studies

雑誌

Nichibunken Japan review : Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, pp.213-221, 2010-01-01

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Th is study analyzes the location of 164 renowned Japanese gardens in the Kyoto basin, that is the Kamogawa alluvial fan and the Katsuragawa fl ood plain. Th e gardens were mapped using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Th e mapped data indicate that physiographic environments constrain the location of the gardens. Rock gardens (karesansui type gardens) are located accross the whole area of the alluvial fan, while water gardens (chisen type gardens) are concentrated along the piedmont spring zones and the artifi cial canals of the irrigation system known as the Biwako sosui (constructed in 1890). In brief, hydrological conditions aff ect the location of Japanese gardens, which is primarily constrained by surface geomorphic units.