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shakkei: a standalone construct

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Landscape architecture

the garden technique of framing distant hills or trees so that they appear as part of the garden's composition.

In landscape architecture, shakkei refers to the garden technique of framing distant hills or trees so that they appear as part of the garden's composition. This meaning comes from Kuitert (1988) in Themes, Scenes, and Taste in the History of Japanese Garden Art.[1]

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References

Kuitert, W. (1988). Themes, Scenes, and Taste in the History of Japanese Garden Art. J C Gieben. ISBN 9789050630214

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