Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden
A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic
$30.39
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
The Sakuteiki, or ‘Records of Garden Making’, was written nearly a thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japanese gardening – or any kind of gardening – in the world.
In this new edition, the authors provide 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 accompanied by drawings, paintings and many new colour photographs.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9784805319314 |
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| ISBN-10: | 4805319313 |
| Author: | Jiro Takei, Marc Peter Keane, Hugo Torii |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 498g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 140mm x 211mm |
| Series: | Tuttle Classics |
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Critics Review
“Recommended to anyone interested in Japanese gardens and culture, whether visiting or designing them…it helpfully extends knowledge of Japanese gardening to English speakers.” —Library Journal, Starred Review
“Sakuteiki remains influential […] This historical curiosity has modern relevance on how Japanese gardens are understood and created and is worth the time of the more cerebral gardener.” —HortWeek.com
Jiro Takei
Jiro Takei was professor emeritus of the Kyoto College of Art, where he taught a course on the Sakuteiki for many years. Throughout his career, he was 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).
Marc P. Keane is an American landscape architect who has been designing gardens from his studio in Kyoto, Japan for twenty-five years. He is also the author of many books on gardens and nature including Japanese Garden Design (Tuttle).
Hugo Torii is the Garden Curator at Portland Japanese Garden (USA). Prior to this, Torii worked at Peter Berg Landscape Design in Rheinland Pfalz, Germany, and at UeyaKato Landscape Co. Ltd. in Kyoto, Japan as a garden designer and builder. He now oversees a dedicated team of gardeners and is actively involved in training programs as well as garden maintenance and projects, keeping in mind short term needs as well as longer term implications for a garden that receives around 500,000 annual visitors.
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