The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation: Suiseki

I was looking around to see how hard it is to grow bonsai from seed, and found another amazing miniature Japanese obsession: Japanese suiseki.

It truly is the "Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation." Rocks are sought after that mimic larger natural landscapes, like buttes, and mountains. Teeny weeny mountains.

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The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation

By Vincent T. Covello, Yuji Yoshimura

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Offers aesthetic guidance and practical advice for the delicate art of miniature landscape creation. More details The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation: Suiseki and Its Use with Bonsai By Vincent T. Covello, Yuji Yoshimura Contributor Yuji Yoshimura Edition: reprint, illustrated Published by Tuttle Publishing, 1996 ISBN 0804820473, 9780804820479 166 pages