![]() Plant material with tiny leaves such as Glossostigma elatinoides, Riccia fluitans, little aquatic ferns, Staurogene repens, Eleocharis parvula, Java moss, and Hemianthus callitichoides are extensively used to look like grass. Although his unique style of plant arrangement amid freshwater aquascapes continues to be cherished and followed globally. Takashi Amano breathed his last on 4 th August 2015 (61 years of age) in Niigata Japan. In short the Japanese style mimics a scene from wilderness and not a bright garden as seen in Dutch style aquascapes.īehold this remarkable collection of beauty and one of a kind craft! The below images will evoke better insight.ġ1. Takashi’s natural terrestrial miniature landscapes were built (in aquariums) by means of Japanese gardening methods (such as Zen rock arrangement) to create the perfect aesthetics using a least amount of plant species unevenly put together with suitable rocks, cave work, driftwood/marine debris and fish species. Amano drew inspiration from the Wabi Sabi concepts that include creating an appeal through minimalism, simplicity, asymmetry, soberness and roughness. His avidness for aquaria and fish keeping culminated into one of the most aesthetic work of art in the form of Aquascaping. A celebrated Japanese photographer and designer, Takashi Amano, left behind a legacy of natural aquariums for generations to witness and delve in. Amano aquariums are a Japanese style minimalistic natural garden under water introduced by Takashi Amano in the glorious 90’s.
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