Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden

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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly one thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japanese gardening-or any kind of gardening&#8212in the world. In this edition of the Sakuteiki the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening.

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Overview

The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly one thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japanese gardening-or any kind of gardening&#8212in the world. In this edition of the Sakuteiki the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780804839686
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
  • Publication date: 10/15/2008
  • Series: Tuttle Classics Series
  • Edition description: Original
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 695,167
  • Product dimensions: 5.13 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

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 has 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 Gakkai), and chief researcher of the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art (Nihon Teien Kenkyu Senta).

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Visions of the Garden 1
Life in the Heian Period 3
Nature 41
Geomancy 61
Buddhism 89
Taboos 113
Color Plates 129
Sakuteiki 149
Translation and Annotation Translators' Notes 150
I. The Basics 153
II. Southern Courts 154
III. Ponds and Islands 157
IV. Stones 161
V. Gardening Styles 162
VI. Islands 167
VII. Waterfalls 169
VIII. Garden Streams 175
IX. Setting Stones 183
X. Taboos 188
XI. Miscellany 192
XII. Trees 196
XIII. Wellsprings 201
XIV. More Miscellany 203
Appendices 207
Glossary 208
Personae 228
Measurements 231
Heian Plants 232
Bibliography 236
Index 240
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