I first saw Daichi-ji in Teiji Itoh's excellent work, [url=https://www.amazon.com/Gardens-Japan-Teiji-Itoh/dp/0870116487]The Gardens of Japan[/url]; mine is an older version but the new one seems to feature that very hedge on the cover
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I am very happy to see your reference to the men of old (and [url=https://unjobs.org/authors/gunter-nitschke]Nitschke's excellent book[/url], another personal favorite. ). There have been attempts in this country to devolve Japanese gardens away from the core traditions that began the form, in favor of post-Meiji stylings devoid of the deeper meanings of the tradition. Marc Keane's and Jiro Takei's outstanding translation of the[url=https://www.mpkeane.com/sakuteiki.html]Sakuteiki[/url]is an amazing window into far gone history to grasp Japanese gardening in it's infancy and glimpse the inherent thinking of the ishi tate so and kaware mono, the earliest niwashis. I find it silly to ignore the inherent teachings of this ancient book, or any of the old traditions that guide Japanese gardening, in favor of stylized caricatures, devoid of spiritual content. I find all gardening to be spiritual in nature, but none more so than Japanese gardening, and I am always happy to make the aquaintance of like minds. Thank you for your contributions to the forums and your good counsel, Piet.
Your friend,
Scott