The History Of Japanese Gardens | Art Of Japanese Life | Journal

Dr James Fox continues his Japanese art exploration by taking a journey through Japan's mountainous forests, marvels at its zen gardens and admires centuries old Bonsai. He does this to explore the connections between Japanese culture and the natural environment. He examines how the country's two great religions, Shinto and Buddhism, helped shape a creative response to nature which is extremely different to the West. However, Dr James Fox also takes a closer look at modern Japan's changing relationship to the natural world and travels to Naoshima Art Island to see how contemporary artists are finding new ways to engage with nature.
In this landmark series, art historian Dr James Fox takes us on a captivating journey through the art and history of one of the world's most enigmatic cultures. Travelling the length of Japan, James explores every inch from the falling cherry blossoms to the dazzling modern cities. Along the way James will discover for himself the importance of art and aesthetics to the Japanese life and culture. He will learn the secrets behind brush-painting, block-printing, bonsai-trimming as well as the importance of the Japanese nature and it's historical value and traditions that surround each element.

[@christineatherton3572]

Wearing a suit and tie is respectful and adds to looks refined . Please continue .

[@robot7759]

Please do take your hands out of your pockets, especially in Japan.

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

Re: That stone 'garden'...it's not about the final destination, it's about the journey. The creator of the garden left us a huge clue in the fact that you cannot see the entire garden from any one position; to see the whole, and to orient yourself with regard to it, you MUST move around it

[@gorillaglue7232]

The enthusiasm of the presenter is catching! And to slighly mirror the Lady's comment beneath mine, there is nothing nicer than a man dressed as a man. Great documentary.

[@nim151]

Excellent documentary of Japan. It is the country that fascinates people with rich of unique culture and lovely people. Thank you for your work to present for us.

[@Pucheguitars]

A fascinating glimpse into Japanese culture. Well done Dr. Fox…..

[@melaniedelacruz3206]

Japan is so amazing 🎉🥰😍😻

[@MotionWalks]

Agreed!!

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

This series is spectacular, a tour through the nature, culture and art history of Japan. Magnificent images packaged in a narrative full of information and curiosities about a different, very, very distant country that becomes an intimate friend through the series' videos. One of the best series that appeared on my KZbin home page.

[@barbarapeisajovich2444]

Now I undersantd clearly the art of bonsai. So thank you for the images and the language you create for us to understand deeply the spirit of Japan.

[@alicedent8864]

Best documentary.⛩️

[@ronward3949]

Aesthetics is the elemental approach to seeing, learning, discovering how to integrate with the roots of essence grasping deeper meaning to the interrelationships of Ecological wonders.

[@ronward3949]

Through those threads of Life we find how to accentuate our attachment, approaches to understand the interworkings of what really is.

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

Thank you Dr. Fox for your enlightening tour through the fineness of Japanese culture.

[@karerinahabrmanova7534]

Some of these places I have visited with my husband (Nachi falls, Kyoto zen gardens, Naoshima) ant though no video can capture the true feeling of beeing there, it is great to watch it, great dokumenty. The shinto shrine at the end of the documetary, when we were zhere, we actually cried of how touched we felt when we walked out of the shrine to the light ant the sea. Undescribedly moving.

[@ingridebner6332]

......GROSSARTIG !! 🎥 🍀

[@marionpfander8752]

Genau !

[@elizagooler-5889]

The suit he wears is a sign of respect for himself and sacred nature.

[@wolfgangmarquardt]

Wonderful ❤

[@Iamtherodlight1453.]

So awesome thank you

[@raeperonneau4941]

What a beautiful piece. Thank you!

[@dpotengy1]

I love the blue flowers painting where they are reflection of each other up side and down... That's awesome and so realistic. The gold been as the sun sky on summers and the water where it was reflecting was an amazing way to show even the place where it was envisioned...

[@Magushinka]

Enchanting story told beautifully. Thank you.

[@dpotengy1]

Just simply love it. Thats why when u buy a small Japanese table garden they come with the rocks, sand, and "brush" or "sand broom".... U can change it everyday if u wish... Itis the Japanese soil mandala... I love it. Everything about their gardening has always enchanted me... The bonsai... Their paisagism... Some ppl think it's nostalgic or borred but it exists patience and vision ro your own limitations to even just be creatively intelligent to find ways of #hows

[@RadhaSrinivasan-yv3gt]

Excellent!!!

[@michaelfinkelstein8380]

I do admire what you are doing, Dr. James Fox!

[@gg.komorebi]

What a beautiful documentation 👌 Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@renoirwoodlin-6129]

It's a enternity before detail

[@christineatherton3572]

Fabulous!

[@Liquidlightsfish]

Many thanks 🤩

[@jimcowan2736]

Thank you for this terrific series on Japan. Very pleasing to see Alex Kerr get a mention n this episode. He has, together with his Japanese partners, done some amazing work to restore traditional Japanese country houses. Hopefully he will continue to get the credit he deserves.

[@shannonspage9360]

Art and beauty are heavily ingrained into their daily life, it is a very interesting concept. Art is what is dropped from much of western practices, especially when necessity becomes upfront. But the art, beauty, and tuned with nature creates something that is much longer lasting...you can see it in their still standing country homes and structures.

[@ratdoto2148]

What's particularly interesting is that Japan never actually considered any of these synonymous aesthetics of their culture as art until the western world labeled them as such.

[@TomDobat]

If Mr. Fox wouldn't be so in love with his appearence, he could deliver much more visual information.

[@PetaWilliams-j3u]

The 36 views of My Fuji😮😮😮.

[@LulybelleLullaby]

I have watched two of these videos on Japan. I wish I’d seen them before I went to live and work there. I’ll be watching the rest…thank you.とても面白い

[@ronward3949]

A form or forms of Worship, an upwelling of consciousness, where the Spirit takes us to those Realms of ecstatic interactions granting us the well being of Reflection.

[@Wednesdayswisdom]

1:21 where is this Torii gate located?

[@wildreeds]

❤❤

[@morpheusjp]

Great job but I think tou should use a mask when you take a nasterpiece like Hokusai Great Wave ,same with bonsais and Wood /Yvory pieces in rhe beggining .

[@ayshemaylke5344]

❤

[@rukathehamsteratwork8896]

I laughed when he said “even an intensely irritating insect like this one” @10:52 . As someone who grew up in Japan I don’t have so much negative feelings towards cicadas but I do admit that I found them “intensely irritating” when I was studying at home in summer as a high school student.

[@AngelRoseHeaven]

Beautiful

[@dpotengy1]

I would love to know who was the person which 500 years ago started building that bonsai. Anyone knows anything about it?!? Please. Thank u.

[@JaimeTorres-x2u]

Culture of detail!

[@lovewillwinnn]

I love your “In the beginning....” fairy tale legend 😂😂😂

[@elsagrace3893]

Weird how a country of Shinto paved over so much.

[@rucellegarciano4105]

If it's "Japanese" or made in Japan it is durable... Good quality... 👌

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

I'm kind of suprised he never used the word "sublime" nor made a comparison to Victorian interest in "the sublime" in thier art.

[@PetaWilliams-j3u]

The Hokasai work is devine

[@AngelRoseHeaven]

Thank you

[@inekeschilderlessen]

dank dank

[@KerrieRedgate]

I think the Japanese aesthetic comes from *humility* in regard to Nature… This is a beautiful series.

[@PetaWilliams-j3u]

I like your suite

[@squaretriangle9208]

Japanese: the beautiful melancholic zikada, Brit: this intensly irritating insect😂

[@tasnime_88]

23:00

[@gotasification]

Good documentary till Jimmie Bond was mentioned

[@PrimeTime350]

originated in china cherry blossom, tea, bonsai, origami

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

I love to see men in a suit, thank you. It has become rare, sadly and you know ....what women want. NOT BAGGY SHORTS, GYM CLOTHES.

[@sahmatuk6631]

no sorry, I do not. I want a man relaxed and not stiff.

[@londontrotter7481]

Lol. Ok Boomer

[@aloeverahoney9379]

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير

[@c.comploj3775]

And how does this relate to the video?

[@CatBeck-lg7gp]

Japan hid there culture from the westerners❤

[@CatBeck-lg7gp]

Ja mon

[@carissafisher7514]

I am suddenly disappointed by all toggles.

[@carissafisher7514]

The Iris screen and the Bonsai Tree, are however disappointing to me.

[@ajwang5431]

Good story telling. Unfortunately the suit and tie seem out of place, out of touch! Quite disturbing actually!

[@gramsmith1366]

Great vid but could've bothered to pronounce japanese words properly.

[@yvesklein5414]

"nature in Japan is ignored at one's peril..." said shockingly. This script is so awful and filled with cliches. What a jerk, on top of it. Wow, he even tasted the food. really went out on a limb, guy. His description of the Bonsai made me seriously consider cyanide.

[@neilritson7445]

spot on - this is eye candy

[@CornellD.Cavendish]

Great series, but unfortunately like most modern docus, the narrator is present in almost every scene. His suit and tie spoils the naturalness of a landscape.

[@alexandrebidaud2964]

Would you not spoil the view of these landscapes as a tourist ? !

[@lawtiragetarot]

thanks you ! i like your video. But don't forget Japanese whalers kill whales in a protected area and despite protection laws. #freepaulwatson

[@wunderwirkstattjoli2868]

Beautyful and great storytelling, but the Mason-Outfit european) does not fit to it.

[@elizagooler-5889]

I wish Japanese people show as much love for bonsais equally love for dolphins and whales . Stop eating them.

[@valentinursu1747]

Minute 18:10 shows how ignorant Japanophiles are when it comes to Western culture. That paining was made in 1495, according to Dr. Japan Bro here, the Monalisa or birth of Venus or the Sistine chapel were totally unoriginal (assuming that's the sense of "audatious" he's trying to refer) by comparison. European artists started from religious icons, mastered color blending, human anatomy, light and perspective, nothing impressive. Sumi-e started from calligraphy and a painting depicting a landscape in fog done in that style is so much more original... just appreciate art for what it is and stop comparing between them.

[@BeTe-me9oc]

This "video on Japan", looks like the presenter's ignorant ethnocentric, egocentric, self promotion.⚡⚡⚡

[@leilausupova9570]

Why are you wearing a suit and tie why not a kimono?

[@adrs1380]

Cause he's not japanese.

[@atilamatamoros7499]

Corny. Suit and tie. Stiff absurd!

[@laurensylvester4054]

Seriously dude, he takes almost an hour to effectively say absolutely nothing while hiking in woods in a business suit. SKIP.

[@alexandrebidaud2964]

Is it a reflection on yourself ? !

[@garygimmestad4272]

He said a lot about Japanese culture. So what if he’s in a suit? He’s obviously presenting himself as an outsider looking in with great interest. You, however, are just making a snarky, useless comment. You say much more about your shuttered mind than you do about this video. Seriously, dude, grow up.

[@marionpfander8752]

You so funny !

[@marionpfander8752]

Actually : Never a dull moment ! And : Become inspired ! ( also : added comic relief with a comment such as yours !☘️☘️☘️ )

[@lovewillwinnn]

Thanks for the warning! ❤

[@dr.alexander5547]

Is it really necessary to show the author of this documentary constantly? This seems very self-centered to me, and the art historian and his constantly repeated image impose themselves inappropriately, becoming obviously more important than the scene that is actually being viewed.