Keywords
Architecture
Gardens
Lit. "dry waterfall." A common technique in dry landscape *karesansui 枯山水 in which a symbolic waterfall is made with an arrangement of stones. Typically the waterfall is represented by standing the bluestone, ao-ishi, 青石, lengthwise to symbolize the cascade. At the foot of this some gravel or white sand is placed to make a dry stream *karenagare 枯流. Good examples are found in gardens at Saihōji 西芳寺, Daisen'in 大仙院 at Daitokuji 大徳寺 both in Kyoto, Tōkōji 東光寺 in Yamanashi Prefecture, and the old Ni-no-maru 二之丸 at Nagoya-jō 名古屋城 in Aichi Prefecture.