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Gallery: Morikami Gardens, II

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	Shishi Odoshi, or "deer chaser." The water from the spout (top) flows onto the hinged bamboo tube (bottom) and causes it to clap against the rocks below. This was originally used to scare off deer from rice fields, but is now a common Japanese ornamental garden fountain.
	Early Rock Garden. This open-style rock garden evokes the image of water with coarse gravel.
	Early Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Early Rock Garden at Morikiami Gardens.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden. This is an abstract garden that consists of a field of carefully raked gravel in a large rectangular area.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Karesansui Late Rock Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Hiraniwa Flat Garden. These type of gardens evolved out of late rock gardens and incorporate a design technique known as borrowed scenery.
	Stone pagoda lattern in the Hiraniwa Flat Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Modern Romantic Garden. This type of Japanese garden is more natural than the abstract rock gardens. It is similar to some Western gardening styles that place plants as they might be found in the wild.
	Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Creek in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Pine trees in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Pavillion in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Path in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Footbridge over a stream in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Rocks in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Pond in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	Pond and stone latern in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.
	White flowers in the Modern Romantic Garden at Morikami Gardens.

 

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