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dhmiriam 2012-09-17 00:08:01	Middle Ground 1. A wealthy Scotsman, one Colonel Hall Walker, of the famous brewing family, once devised an idea for a garden in Ireland. He appointed master horticulturist, Tassa Eida, (Japanese )and son, Minoru, to lay the garden out. They did. It’s smashing. It sits in the National Stud in County Kildare. Brides have a path worn with the heels of their victories to a certain red bridge on the garden grounds.The tradition of Japanese gardening was historically passed down from sensei to apprentice. The opening words of their Illustrations for designing mountain, water and hillside field landscapes (1466) are "If you have not received the oral transmissions, you must not make gardens" and its closing admonition is "You must never show this writing to outsiders. You must keep it secret". Wooden bridges feature, symbolizing the path to paradise and immortality, some painted fire engine red for emphasis. Nothing in a Japanese garden is natural or left to chance. Each and every item is chosen to serve some purpose. Great rocks, assembled just so, intended as intellectual puzzles for the monks who lived next to them to study and solve. All,aesthetically pleasing, spiritually stimulating, and clever contrivance…..in its place. What has this to do with hills and mountains? Exactly.
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Collaborative entry Last edit by: march-fixer a week ago.
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Ann-P

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a week ago.
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