niwa

I call it niwa hacking (niwa means garden in Japanese).

Blogger of the week: Hanako Tokita 2008

So, too, the art of horticulture, though there the change was a transition from the stiff and comparatively artificial fashion of the no-niwa (moor garden) to the pure landscape park, ultimately developed into a Japanese specialty.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

For the purpose of acquiring accurate information about the condition of the people, Yoshimune appointed officials who went by the name of niwa-ban (garden watchmen).

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

The toko-niwa is usually made in some curious bowl, or shallow carved box or quaintly shaped vessel impossible to describe by any English word.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

'Hore-gusuri koka niwa naika to imori ni toeba, yubi-wo marumete kore bakari.'

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

But the most remarkable novelty of this sort yet produced is a kind of _toko-niwa_ recently on display at a famous shop in Ginza.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The war has also suggested a variety of new designs for that charming object, the _toko-niwa_.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Such a garden, in a vessel no larger than a fruit-dish, is called koniwa or toko-niwa, and may occasionally be seen in the tokonoma of humble little dwellings so closely squeezed between other structures as to possess no ground in which to cultivate an outdoor garden.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The other _toko-niwa_ represents a Korean or Chinese landscape, with hill ranges and rivers and woods; and the appearance of a battle is created by masses of toy soldiers -- cavalry, infantry, and artillery -- in all positions of attack and defense.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

If the _toko-niwa_ be not too small, you may see real fish swimming in the pond, or a pet tortoise crawling among the rockwork.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877