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The document summarizes key principles of Japanese landscape design from ancient China and Japan, including reduction, abstraction, hierarchy, symmetry, and proportion. It then focuses on the minimalist aesthetic of Muromachi period (15th century) gardens in Japan, characterized by reduced scale and refinement. Gardens became settings for contemplation rather than ritual. Elements were abstracted and reduced to their essential characteristics, as seen in kare sansui ("dry landscape") gardens and the gardens

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Rookyagent

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