Japanese Tea Garden
"When Marc Peter Keane describes, with poetry and erudition, the experience of the Japanese garden today, he has no peer."—Leonard Koren, author of Wabi-Sabi\ Almost every Japanese garden is influenced by the tea garden. Marc Peter Keane describes the history, design, and aesthetics of tea gardens, from T’ang China to the present day, with over one hundred stunning photographs, floor plans, and illustrations. The most extensive book on this genre ever published in English, The Japanese Tea...
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A gorgeous full-color volume, thoroughly researched, sure to become a classic. The New York Times - Dominique Browning Since tea gardens have had a major impact on the design of Japanese gardens in general, this book is a necessary addition to the library of any serious student. The rest of us will enter with humility—mindful of the small door through which one must crawl into the tea room—and sip slowly.
An Invitation to Tea1 A brief history of tea 12 Cultural background 193 Muromachi society 434 Early development of the roji 675 From roji to chaniwa: tea gardens in the edo period 1176 Extant tea gardens and gardens influenced by tea 1577 Parts of a tea garden 197Notes 243Tea Text Summaries 261Glossary of Tea Garden Terminology 268Bibliography 276Index 281
\ Dominique BrowningSince tea gardens have had a major impact on the design of Japanese gardens in general, this book is a necessary addition to the library of any serious student. The rest of us will enter with humility—mindful of the small door through which one must crawl into the tea room—and sip slowly.\ —The New York Times\ \
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