Sand and Stone Garden

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Sand and Stone Garden is a traditional karesansui (dry landscape) rock garden within the Portland Japanese Garden, featuring carefully raked gravel and strategically placed stones to evoke natural landscapes.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf dry landscape garden
karesansui garden
rock garden
country United States
culturalContext Japanese Zen Buddhism
designedToEvokes natural landscapes
gardenType dry garden
hasAccessibility viewed from designated paths or viewing areas
hasDesignElement raked linear patterns in gravel
symbolic representation of mountains
symbolic representation of water
hasPart carefully raked gravel
strategically placed stones
intendedUse contemplation
meditation
landscapeAbstraction mountains and rivers
seas and islands
locatedIn Portland Japanese Garden
Portland, Oregon
United States
maintenanceMethod hand-raked gravel patterns
openToPublic true
ownedBy Portland Japanese Garden organization
partOf Portland Japanese Garden
primaryColorPalette neutral tones
style Japanese garden
Zen garden
usesMaterial gravel
sand
stone

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Portland Japanese Garden
hasFeature

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