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Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature) | 
| Authors: Jiro Takei, Marc P. Keane
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 106841
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0804839689
Dewey Decimal Number: 712
EAN: 9780804839686
ASIN: 0804839689
Publication Date: October 15, 2008
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Product Description
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.
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 Pretty good book January 16, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 Serenity distilled June 3, 2002
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
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.
Once in a millenium... December 7, 2001
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
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!
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