Miniature Zen Garden (1895) by Unknown.
Ryoan-ji Temple (Mid-20th C.) by Inagaki Toshijiro.
Ryoan-ji Temple (Mid-20th C.) by Maeda Masao.
Stone Garden of Ryoan-ji Temple (c.1950s) by Ito Nisaburo.
Ryoan-ji Zen Garden (c.1950s) by Okuyama Gihachiro.
Stone Garden (c.1950s) by Maeda Masao.
Stone Garden (1955) by Kiyoshi Saito.
Garden Tenryü-ji Kyoto (1957) by Asai Kiyoshi.
Seijuku (Satei II) (Tranquility (Sand Garden II)) (1958) by Okiie.
Stone Garden, Ryoan-ji Temple (1960) by Maeda Masao.
Stone Garden (1962) by Maeda Masao.
Stone Garden of Ryoan-ji Temple (1963) by Maeda Masao.
Garden of a Zen Temple (1964) by Kasamatsu Shiro.
Stepping Stones at Tofuku-ji Temple Garden (1970) by Maeda Masao.
Ryoan-ji Temple (c.1960–70) by Nakagawa Isaku.
Zen Garden (c.1970s) by Tokuriki Tomikichiro.
Futuristic Stone Garden—Ryoan-ji (1992) by Morimura Ray.
The Silence (1993) by Kimura Yoshiharu.
Stone Garden (2006) by Ohtsu Kazuyuki.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Ten views of the Itsukushima Shrine
• Charles Bartlett’s prints
• Sixteen views of Meoto Iwa
• Waves and clouds
• Yoshitoshi’s ghosts
• Japanese moons
• The Hell Courtesan
• Nocturnes
• Henri Rivière’s Eiffel Tower
I’m listening to the Frippertronics set (disc 3, track 1, the original ‘Water Music’ loops) while I’m looking at these images and they’re completely apposite. These ‘views’ are loops themselves.
That sounds suitably meditative and abstract. Tangerine Dream recorded a piece inspired by the Ryoan-ji garden but it’s much more illustrative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZCY4hxfr2g