#jgarden — Public Fediverse posts
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There is a tiny #Japanesegarden in the backyard of the #MuséeGuimet in #Paris. The museum is about Asian art. Its founder Émile Guimet was an industrialist who, in 1876, traveled the Far East, buying up objects like Chinese porcelain, Buddhist statues, and all sorts of Japanese art.
In 2001 a #JGarden was added in the backyard of the historic Hôtel d'Heidelbach, an annex building. The museum's introduction smacks a bit of culturalism (too much talk about harmony), but the garden is lovely.
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In 1904, #Düsseldorf saw the first #JGarden in Germany at the Internat. Art and Great Garden Fair. The organizers wanted to hire someone Japanese to design it but failed. So they took a photo of a garden in Tokyo from Josiah #Conder’s book on #Japanesegardens and rebuilt it. A strange birdhouse had to replace a lantern!
For the restaurant, the organizers hired Japanese waitresses. They wore #kimonos for the authenticating effect - see the visitors staring down at them! The imperialist gaze…