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Well, Adelaide/Himeji Garden [B 70941] • Photograph

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Summary

A stylised well in the Adelaide/Himeji Garden on South Terrace symbolises water to be used in the Japanese tea ceremony; a raked gravel garden and illusory teahouse can be seen in the background.

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Physical description

Photograph (digital)

Dates / Publication details

2006

Photographer

Scott, Jenny

Collections

Part of Parklands Collection
Part of Adelaide Views Collection

Subject

Parks -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Historical information

The Himeji Garden was a gift to Adelaide from its sister city Himeji, Japan in 1982 and is one of the few classical Japanese gardens in Adelaide. It was originally built by Council staff, but in the late 1980's Japanese landscape designer Yoshitaka Kumada made two visits to Adelaide and improved the garden's layout to adhere to traditional principles; the garden is now split into a sansui (mountain and lake garden) and a karesansui (dry rock garden) intended to evoke mountains surrounded by water.

Digitisation information

Date

17/04/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,304 x 3,456 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

6.33 MB

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