Stone Bridge Press - Japanese Tea Garden, The

Art of Setting Stones, The
& Other Writings from the Japanese Garden

Japanese Tea Garden, The

by: Marc Peter Keane

A guided tour of Japanese tea gardens, from ancient times to the modern day

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Price : US$59.95

ISBN: 978-1-933330-67-9
296 pp, hardcover, 8 x 10", 117 color photos and illustrations

"Marc Peter Keane is the undisputed American master of Japanese garden scholars....Since tea gardens have had a major impact on the design of Japanese gardens in general, this book is a necessary addition to the library of any serious student. The rest of us will enter with humility — mindful of the small door through which one must crawl into the tea room — and sip slowly."
—The New York Times

"When Marc Peter Keane describes, with poetry and erudition, the experience of the Japanese garden today, he has no peer."
—Leonard Koren, author of Wabi-Sabi

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As featured in the New York Times Book Review's Holiday Books Guide, 2009!

Almost every Japanese garden is influenced by the tea garden. Marc Peter Keane describes the history, design, and aesthetics of tea gardens, from T’ang China to the present day, with over one hundred stunning photographs, garden plans, and illustrations. The most extensive book on this genre ever published in English, The Japanese Tea Garden is a rich resource for garden lovers, landscape designers, and architects—and anyone who admires the striking aesthetic of the Japanese garden.

Marc Peter Keane lived in Japan for nearly 20 years, designing gardens for individuals, companies, and temples. He has written 3 other books on Japanese garden design. He is affiliated with the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art at the Kyoto University of Art and Design, the East Asian Program at Cornell University, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University.