stone arrangement in a garden
Refers to the composition and placement of rocks in a Japanese garden, often as a key design element. Related to 石組み (いしぐみ).
See also: 石組み
The stone arrangement in this garden is splendid.
岩組みを変えるだけで庭の印象が変わる。
Just changing the stone arrangement alters the garden's impression.
Standard kanji spelling for stone arrangement in a garden.
Variant spelling; less common than 岩組み.
Compound of 岩 (いわ, 'rock') and 組み (くみ, 'arrangement'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a straightforward native Japanese compound.