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Highlights
- A garden designer in Japan looks deeply into nature and composition to discover truth and beauty.
- About the Author: Marc Peter Keane is a landscape architect and a leading expert on Japanese garden designHe is the author of several books about garden design: Japanese GardenDesign (an introduction to the culture and design of Japanese gardens); Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden (a translation of Japan's oldest gardeningtext, co-authored with Prof. Jiro Takei), The Art of Setting Stones (acollection of philosophical essays on gardens), and The Japanese Tea Garden(history and aesthetics of Japanese tea gardens).
- 160 Pages
- Gardening, Japanese Gardens
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About the Book
A garden designer in Japan looks deeply into nature and composition to discover truth and beauty.
Book Synopsis
A garden designer in Japan looks deeply into nature and composition to discover truth and beauty.
Review Quotes
"This series of essays may be one of our most important modern interpretations of the meaning of the garden." -Donald Richie
About the Author
Marc Peter Keane is a landscape architect and a leading expert on Japanese garden design
He is the author of several books about garden design: Japanese Garden
Design (an introduction to the culture and design of Japanese gardens); Sakuteiki:
Visions of the Japanese Garden (a translation of Japan's oldest gardening
text, co-authored with Prof. Jiro Takei), The Art of Setting Stones (a
collection of philosophical essays on gardens), and The Japanese Tea Garden
(history and aesthetics of Japanese tea gardens).