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Shakkei
Also called borrowed scenery, borrowed view, borrowed views, jiejing, jie jing
Borrowed scenery: a view from beyond the garden, a mountain, a pagoda or a neighbour’s trees, drawn into its composition. The Chinese jiejing is named in Ji Cheng’s Yuanye (1631); the Japanese shakkei is the same device.
See also: Moon gate, Karesansui
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.
A feature of Japanese garden architecture.
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