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Sakuteiki : visions of the Japanese garden : a modern translation of Japan's gardening classic / Jiro Takei & Marc P. Keane.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Sakuteiki.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens, Japanese.
- Landscape architecture--Japan.
- Landscape architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Visions of the Japanese garden
- Place of Publication:
- Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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-in 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.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Sakuteiki Visions of the Garden; LIFE IN THE HEIAN PERIOD; NATURE; GEOMANCY; BUDDHISM; TABOOS; Sakuteiki Color Plates; Sakuteiki Translation and Annotation; TRANSLATORS' NOTES; SAKUTEIKI; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY; PERSONAE; MEASUREMENTS; HEIAN PLANTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-13819-0
- 9786613138194
- 1-4629-0012-7
- OCLC:
- 730151921
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