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DAIGOJI dye-GOH-jee
- A temple complex whose Sanboin garden was designed for Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s lavish 1598 cherry-blossom party.
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ENTSUJI en-TSOO-jee
- A temple garden celebrated for framing Mount Hiei as borrowed scenery beyond its clipped hedge.
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GRAVEL
- A pale ground covering raked into patterns that can suggest rippling water, waves, or empty space.
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JONANGU joh-NAHN-goo
- A shrine whose gardens evoke different eras of Japanese landscape design and are especially admired for weeping plum blossoms.
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MOSS
- A soft living carpet that gives shaded temple gardens their deep green color and sense of age.
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ROJI ROH-jee
- A simple tea-garden path designed to quiet and prepare guests before they enter the teahouse.
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SHAKKEI shah-KAY
- The garden technique of incorporating a distant mountain or other outside view into the composition.
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STONE
- The structural heart of many Kyoto gardens, placed to suggest mountains, islands, animals, or enduring natural forces.