# Chinese Scholar Garden × Shakkei (Borrowed Scenery) — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=chinese-scholar-garden+shakkei
# Chinese Scholar Garden carries the structure. Shakkei (Borrowed Scenery) appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Chinese Scholar Garden (Style, Song dynasty–) and its accent from Shakkei (Borrowed Scenery) (Technique, 17th century–). Structural cues: Taihu stones as peaks; Lattice windows and moon gates as frames; Turning corridors; Layered miniature scenery. Accent cues, used sparingly: Distant views captured; Framing by hedge; The middle ground erased; Composition including the outside. Composition: Bend the corridor to cut sight lines and give one view per opening. Type and lettering: Hang a plaque and couplet at each entrance to title the view. Let one material quality come from the second style: Match the framing planting to the distant green so seasons stay close. Mood: Calm, Luxury, Play, Exhilaration, Technology. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Garden Styles, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Chinese Scholar Garden: Taihu stones get collected as curiosities until the sequence of hiding and revealing through corridor and window is never designed and the garden becomes a shelf.
# - Shakkei (Borrowed Scenery): The middle ground goes untreated, buildings and wires stay in view, the distance never reads as part of the garden, and only a nice outlook remains.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/chinese-scholar-garden/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/shakkei/design.md