Japan - Philosophical Landscapes "Journeys Around a spatially Arranged Landscape

http://www.copernicusfilms.com
http://www.japanphilosophicallandscapes.com

Journeys around a spatially organised landscape was the principle behind the pilgrimage circuit. EG in Kyoto.
The pilgrimages not by a hierarchical route leading to an ultimate goal but on a non hierarchical organisation around a system of magical numbers. P and lost none of the religious character. pilgrims were guided not to a specific destination but past a certain number of temples on a route all of which were of equal importance.
This is an abstract system which works like a framework which is transferable so that it organise other situations in the same way. (Like a blueprint)
Pilgrimages which had stretched over hundreds of miles could be condensed to fit in your own back garden These type of gardens were a final attempt to re introduce an explicit religious element into the secularised traditions of garden architecture in Japan.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Japan
• Japan (film)
• landscape
• Tokyo
• Kyoto
• Garden