Lit. plum post. A wooden post used to support the heavy but structurally weak branches of old plum trees.

A cascade. A type of garden waterfall in which the water falls at a 90 degree angle. One common type of baku is the…

Also called hanchi 畔池 written with the character ばん池, to indicate a 'halved pond.' Lit. levee pond. A type of…

Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *…

Lit. garden of the Bugaku lineage. A style of Japanese garden developed in the middle of the Edo period by Ōishi Bugaku 大石武学…

Lit. Pure Land garden. Large pond gardens at Pure Land Buddhist temples which recreate the palatial garden of *…

Lit. upper-lower, two-step style garden. A modern term designating a common type of bipartite garden featuring a small pond…