Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden
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Written by a Japanese court noble nearly 1,000 years ago, Sakuteiki, or Records of Garden Making, is the oldest known treatise on the art of Japanese garden design. This work delves into the culture and customs of ancient Japanese society, offering insight into the Japanese view of not only gardening, but of living life. In an era when even the art of setting stones was seen as a spiritually significant and aesthetically powerful act, Sakuteiki became a metaphor for the Japanese way of life.
The publication of Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden is the first complete English translation of this classic work, and authors Jiro Takei and Marc P. Keane allow readers to discover the world of ancient Japanese garden design as it was originally transcribed. Extensive color and black and white illustrations place these elegant Japanese gardens in their proper context, illuminating the roles of religious tradition, nature, and spirituality in the arrangement of water, stones, and plants.
Takei and Keane's Sakuteiki is truly the bible of Japanese garden design. For any gardener with an affinity for the quiet elegance of Japanese gardens, it offers a window to the soul of the gardens that only a primary text can provide.
Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden,Jiro Takei,Marc P. Keane,Tuttle Publishing,0804832943,Garden Design,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Gardens, Japanese,Japan,Japanese Gardens - General,Landscape architecture,Sakuteiki,Garden design & planning,Landscape art & architecture,c 1000 CE to c 1500,c 500 CE to c 1000 CE
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