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

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The editorial comments on this book can hardly do it justice.
Not only does this book give you a clear, up-to-date translation of probably the earliest practical garden handbook, a treasure in itself, where those instructions remain relevant to gardening generally and japanese gardening in particular today - you get the result of an extraordinary cooperation between east and west, namely the attention, erudition and dedication of these two thoughtful and careful authors. In addition, you get almost 150 pages of a detailed, yet clearly comprehensible, well illustrated and very readable introduction to japanese gardens, their influences and the sakuteiki itself. If you have ever felt the coffee table japanese garden books are too vague and the academic books too turgid this book majestically spans and outshines both genre - Buy it!

Sakuteiki is a "how to" read along with Japanese Garden Design for photographic visuals.

The original blueprint to create a Japanese garden filled with empty spaces, quiet, calm and tranquillity. I enjoy simply reading and rereading the detailed instructions which send my mind travelling along paths of gardens I've yet to see or create. Happy gardening.

Portland Oregon Japanese garden: zen sand garden, moss garden, tea house, meditation area, half moon bridge, crane statues, deer-scarer, stone lanterns, engraved stone poetry, view over entire city, multiple benches to stop and contemplate the view, listen to waterfalls, observe koi.

Also see Japanese garden backgrounds in DVDs James Clavell's Shogun, The Last Samurai (Two-Disc Special Edition), Memoirs of a Geisha (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition), Departures, Hachi: A Dog's Tale true story.

Nature music art as healing: DVD Departures, book A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

Even absent cure, healing.

I thought that it was a pretty good book. It wasn't what I had expected and do wish that there were more pictures illistrating what the author was talking about. Also the first half of the book was an introduction and history lesson that was long and somewhat boring. The Sakeutiki itself (which was the second half of the book) was interesting.