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  • Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic

    Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic - Hardcover

    Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic - Hardcover

    By Jiro Takei and Marc Peter Keane

About Jiro Takei Books

The late Jiro Takei, professor emeritus of the Kyoto College of Art, taught a course on the Sakuteiki for many years. Throughout his long and distinguished career, he had been deeply involved in the study of Japanese gardens, as the Chairman of the Japanese Garden Academic Society (Nihon Teien Gakkai), regional chief of the Gardening Academic Society (Zoen Gakkei), and chief researcher of the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art (Nihon Teien Kenkyu Senta).