PREFACE. 



In the preparation of this Album, which forms a Supplement to " Landscape 

 Gardening in Japan," the writer has availed himself of the skillful collaboration of 

 Mr. K. OGAWA, the well-known Japanese Photographic Artist. The original volume, 

 being of a technical and historical character, has been fully illustrated from native 

 works, a method of illustration in many cases essential to the proper elucidation of 

 the designs, and, at the same time, one which seemed to provide the best means 

 of conveying the true spirit of the ancient art in all its aspects. 



The introduction of modern heliographic plates, side by side with such quaint 

 and idealistic draughtsmanship would have proved inappropriate and misleading, es- 

 pecially as the existing gardens reproduced by the camera are but imperfect and 

 fragmentary examples of a craft comparatively neglected in recent days. At the 

 same time, the illustration in a separate form of some of the best compositions 

 remaining, by the most scientific means available, presented itself as a fitting and 

 desirable addition to the analytical work. 



The selection for the present Album has been made from many sources, and 

 some of the photographs were specially prepared for the purpose by Mr. K. OGAWA, 

 by whom all the Collotypes, without exception, have been executed. The principal 

 object in view has been, within a limited compass, to make the arrangement fairly 

 comprehensive, by illustrating as much as possible the various types of Japanese 

 Landscape Gardens. Descriptions of some examples given may be found at length 

 in Chapter I. of the original work; references are also appended in the text of the 

 present volume, which is therefore limited to a brief notice of the subject of each 

 Plate. A few illustrations of typical natural views have been added in order to 

 render clearer the faithfully representative character of these artificial landscapes. 



Tokio, July, 1893. 



