Table of contents : Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents Introduction Chapter 1. From China to Japan: The History of Asian Spaces Chapter 2. Discourses of Spaces Chapter 3. Spreading the Japanese Garden Worldwide Chapter 4. Between Essence and Invention Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Gardens Chapter 6. Elements of the Japanese Garden Chapter 7. Authoritarian Gardens Chapter 8. Connecting Spaces, Disconnecting Spaces Chapter 9. Postmodernizing Japanese Gardens Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments