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Courtyard Gardens Of Kyoto's Merchant Houses, Hardback Book

Courtyard Gardens Of Kyoto's Merchant Houses Hardback

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One of the pleasures of visiting Kyoto is to wander around narrow streets lined with machiya, the traditional townhouses of the merchant class.

Tucked away inside each of these unusually long, narrow dwellings is a hidden oasis: a small garden known as the tsuboniwa.

Following on from Landscapes for Small Spaces and The Hidden Gardens of Kyoto, the third book by garden enthusiast and photographer Katsuhiko Mizuno focuses on these miniature courtyard gardens of the machiya.

A wide variety of gardens are beautifully photographed and presented: from those in shops, inns,

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