Author: TAKEI, JIRO & KEANE, MARC P.
Title: Sakuteiki. Visions of the Japanese Garden.
Description: Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. 0804832943. A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic. A new and extensively annotated translation of the oldest surviving work on Japanese gardening, "Sakutteiki" or 'Records of Garden Making' is also the oldest book on gardening in the world. 23.5cms x 15.5cms x 2.5cms. Pp.xii/247, 7 color plates and many black & white plates and other ollustrations throughout. Black boards, dustwrapper has minor creasing to inside front flap. Scarce. VG/VG.

Keywords: Takei Keane Sakuteiki Visions Japanese Garden Gardening Heian Period Nature Geomancy Buddhism Taboos Southern Courts Ponds Islands Stones Waterfalls Streams Trees Wellsprings 53301 Gardening


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