Looking at Japanese gardens will quickly reveal that they cannot be viewed as isolated from other art forms or social processes.
The Japanese garden thus appears neither void and contemplative nor purely aesthetic, but a social compendium that contains stories about an order that lies at the very foundation of a society--it is a total work of art.
Concepts of various origins converge in them, all aimed at creating a balance in their arrangement of the elements of the mental and physical world.
Looking at Japanese gardens will quickly reveal that they cannot be viewed as isolated from other art forms or social processes