Name : Thariq Biranul Natadipura

NIM : 120390078

Bamboo and Japanese Landscape Architecture

With Prof. Shozo Shibata

Bamboo as an important existence for beautiful scenery

Japan is filled with beautiful bamboo trees. In Japan, the symbolism of the bamboo
plant runs deep and wide and offers practical lessons for life and for work.
● Bamboo culture in tropical and subtropical area
● Horticultural use to incorporate bamboo found in our living
space
● Introduction of bamboo according to the common human
desire to enjoy them in gardens

Highly developed bamboo culture in China and Japan in temperate zone

● China which has one of the oldest culture in the world and has been developing
horticultural uses of bamboo
● Japan, one of the countries which has been under the influence of China
● In Japan it would seem that the landscaping uses of bamboo date back to about the 9th
century.
● The oldest noted record can be found from the 15th century.
● Records of gardens made only from bamboo are found in the 17th century.
● Many historic gardens were handed down to the present in Japan after the
11th century.

Variegated Bamboo Horticultural use in Japan

Bamboo grows quickly and produces robust culms, traits that have long made it a
valuable resource around the world. In Japan, it has traditionally been used to make common
items like hand-held fans and broom handles, and also as a building material.

● Screen planting
● Planting for approaches
● Front yard planting
● Spot garden planting
● Tea garden planting
● Use of wild bamboo forest
● Ground-cover planting
● Hedge planting
● Scattered planting as annex landscape
● Garden ornaments etc.
Present Bamboo use in Japan Gardens

● Handed down of historical methods of bamboo use for Japanese style gardens
● Application of these methods in new Japanese gardens and residential gardens
● New novel designs used in Western style gardens and public landscape architecture
at present
● Progress of bamboo use in atrium planting in urban area by the lack of enough
planting space

One of the most impressive things about the bamboo in the forest is how they sway with even
the slightest breeze. This gentle swaying movement with the wind is a symbol of humility.
Their bodies are hard and firm and yet sway gently in the breeze while their trunks stay
rooted firmly in the ground below. Their foundation is solid even though they move and
sway harmoniously with the wind, never fighting against it. In time, even the strongest wind
tires itself out, but the bamboo remains standing tall and still.

The body of a single bamboo tree is not large by any means when compared to the other
much larger trees in the forest. It may not look impressive at first sight at all. But the
plants endure cold winters and extremely hot summers and are sometimes the only trees
left
standing in the aftermath of a typhoon. They may not reach the heights of the other trees, but
they are strong and stand tall in extreme weather.

Conditions Required to Ground Cover Plants

● Height of below 50 cm
● Evergreen perennial plant
● Dense covering of the ground surface
● Quick growth and vigorous propagation
potentiality
● Subterranean part which is deep and a wide
spread by rhizomes with high density
● Beautiful hue
● No pernicious effects
● Strong resistance to insect damage
Maintenance which requires little effort
● Dwarf bamboo fulfils these many conditions

Adaptability of Dwarf Bamboo to Various Environmental Conditions

Soil moisture and texture

● Excellent growth will be expected under the conditions

that the respective species are naturally distributed.
● Species of Sect. Nezasa show comparatively strong
resistance to dryness, and exhibit superior growth
under bright conditions.
● Sasa genus: adaptability differs according to
the section of classification.
o Sasa nipponica prefers soil with superior
water- holding ability and a comparatively large
amount of soil moisture.
o It also exhibits superior shade tolerance.
● Shibataea kumasaca and Sasaella kogasensis var. gracillima possess a wide-
ranging adaptability relative to soil conditions.