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One good example is “Rock Garden at Ryoanji or Ryoa Temple”. Elements can learn from this garden how to utilize “natural energies” for activating
of this garden include natural rocks arranged in as natural-looking a state “Urban Energies”. The landscape changes with the weather each day, and
as possible in the midst of white sand representing flowing water. This needless to say, with the season. Just imagine the garden on a fine day, say,
style of garden is called “karesansui” or dry landscape, and it features an after a shower, or in the snow. The changes in the borrowed view produce
abstract symbolism of nature. The concept of ”karesansui”is linked to a more varieties in the landscape. As a result, it evokes the thoughts and
view of universe. The Chinese character or “dry” represents something feelings of the universe with its immense dimensions. We realize that “rural
abstract and intangible, and or “mountains and water” symbolizes the energies’’ inherent in the garden interact with “urban energies’’, and result
flow of spiritual energies. Furthermore, Ryoanji Rock Garden provides us in perfect harmony. I believe this ideology will be essential when we think
with a good example for “shakkei” or view-borrowed landscape, in which of the culture we create in the 21st century. In view of these matters, I gave
the background elements such as mountains are incorporated into the this work of mine the title of “Urban Energies and Rural Energies”. A single
garden’s composition. The scenery of East Mountains with thirty-six peaks piece of work can hardly explain this concept, so I decided to present a
ranging east of Kyoto, is utilized as a borrowed view in this garden. We series of works in line with this theme.

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