A Japanese garden
The dry garden (karesansui) after Ryōan-ji: raked white gravel and fifteen stones in five groups in a walled court, seen from a veranda. The stroll garden: a pond with islands, a drum bridge, stepping stones, stone lanterns, clipped shrubs, pines and a tea house.
The rules it illustrates
Follow the request of the stones. Set stones by first placing a principal stone and then others that answer it, following the “request” each makes; recall famous landscapes; and obey the taboos: a stone that lay flat in nature should not be set upright, nor one that stood upright laid flat.
The dry landscape. Where there is no pond or stream, make the landscape of stones alone: set rocks as mountains, cliffs and islands, and let gravel or sand stand for water.
Where it appears in the book
In the styles Japanese garden.
In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.