# Kaiyū Strolling Garden × Shakkei (Borrowed Scenery) — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=kaiyu-garden+shakkei
# Kaiyū Strolling 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 Kaiyū Strolling Garden (Style, Edo period–) and its accent from Shakkei (Borrowed Scenery) (Technique, 17th century–). Structural cues: Views that change as you walk; Pond-centered composition; Hide-and-reveal staging; Famous scenery in miniature. Accent cues, used sparingly: Distant views captured; Framing by hedge; The middle ground erased; Composition including the outside. Composition: Loop the path around the pond so a new view opens every few steps. Type and lettering: Signs only at forks, and never describing the view still to come. Let one material quality come from the second style: Match the framing planting to the distant green so seasons stay close. Mood: Calm, Exhilaration, Luxury, 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
# - Kaiyū Strolling Garden: Everything gets arranged so it can be taken in at once, and the one thing the form depends on, a view that changes as you walk, stops working.
# - 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/kaiyu-garden/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/shakkei/design.md