noun
borrowed scenery; incorporating distant landscape into garden design
A traditional Japanese garden technique where a distant natural feature (mountain, hill, etc.) is visually incorporated as part of the garden's composition.
この庭園は、遠くの山を借景として取り入れている。
This garden incorporates the distant mountains as borrowed scenery.
借景の技法は、日本庭園でよく見られる。
The technique of borrowed scenery is often seen in Japanese gardens.