Japanese garden rock symbol
Hello. I rencently visited an authentic Japanese garden in Seattle. On the ground by the tea gathering house, a rock was placed alone with a black string tied around it. What does this symbolic rock gesture mean? Thanks!
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It is called SEKIMORI ISHI. Seki means "check pont" of between regions. MORI emans gurd in Japanese ( has other meaning too) Ishi means stone. Small stone about 3 inch or so , tied with Shuronawa / palm twine teid two place . one is on the stone , two to 3 inch long twine straight up and tied to sear to pick stone. those knots are called Otoko mushubi or tsuno musubi. Musubi mean knot in Japanese, Otoko= means man, tsuno mean horn.
Instead of saying Don't go or pass this point, a gentle way to asking "not pass this point " some private home, tea house place Sekimori shi time to time.
yama
It is called SEKIMORI ISHI. Seki means "check pont" of between regions. MORI emans gurd in Japanese ( has other meaning too) Ishi means stone. Small stone about 3 inch or so , tied with Shuronawa / palm twine teid two place . one is on the stone , two to 3 inch long twine straight up and tied to sear to pick stone. those knots are called Otoko mushubi or tsuno musubi. Musubi mean knot in Japanese, Otoko= means man, tsuno mean horn.
Instead of saying Don't go or pass this point, a gentle way to asking "not pass this point " some private home, tea house place Sekimori shi time to time.
yama
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