View Images Library Photos and Pictures. THE ART OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN by Tatsuo Ishimoto, Copyright 1958. Hard cover with dust jacket, 7x9.25", 128 pages, more than 200 b&w photographs.Loaded with great ideas for Japanese gardens. Features bamboo, gravel, stepping stones, tea gardens, gencing, paths, steps, decorative stone, water basins, sand, bridges, plantings and more."Here are the art and esthetics of garden design in Japan evolved over fourteen centuries. Today the garden surrounds the Japanese house with serene and restful Jizu popular woodworking