Description
"The undisputed American master of Japanese garden scholars."--New York Times, Dominique Browning Matching some 400 color photographs to brief, informed observations, renowned garden designer Marc Peter Keane walks us through 100 Japanese gardens, stopping along the way to note essential elements of design, technique, and culture. Covering everything from large-scale aspects of space and balance to subtle elements that are often overlooked, this is an innovative, stunningly visual guide for planning and inspiration. Landscape architect and author Marc Peter Keane lived in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly 20 years and specializes in Japanese garden design. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
Announcement to gardening and Japan-related media Pursue feature articles in Japan focused outlets like The Japan Times Promotion at Association of Asian Studies, ALA Social media marketing with excerpts from the book on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit and target audience focused forums Announcements to the over 50 US institutions that offer degrees in Landscape Architecture Announcements to reviewers/booksellers of author's previous books Galleys to national media outlets, trade publications, and audience-focused websites and reviewers. (AV Club, Book Forum, Booklist, BookPage, Buzzfeed Books, Foreword, Journal of Japanese Studies, LA Times, Midwest Book Review, Portland Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Rain Taxi, San Francisco Book Review, Shelf Awareness, The Guardian, The Japan Times, The LA Review of Books, The Mary Sue, The New York Journal of Books, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, World Literature Today, Kyoto Journal, AJE, Japan Realm, Metropolis News, Japan Culture NYC, Haikugirl's Japan, Tofugu) Postcard mailing to museum shops, high-end bookstores Promotion on the author's website: www.mpkeane.com Special prepub signup promotion with giveaway
About the Author
Marc Peter Keane: Marc Peter Keane, a graduate of Cornell University, is an American landscape architect and author. He lived in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly 20 years, and specializes in Japanese garden design. Presently, he maintains a design office in Ithaca, New York. He is the author of several books about garden design: Japanese Garden Design (an introduction to the culture and design of Japanese gardens); Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden (a translation of Japan's oldest gardening text, co-authored with Prof. Jiro Takei), The Art of Setting Stones (a collection of philosophical essays on gardens), and The Japanese Tea Garden (history and aesthetics of Japanese tea gardens). Keane is a fellow at the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art in Kyoto, the East Asia Program at Cornell University, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University. He has lectured widely throughout the United States, England, and Japan. Keane also acted as chairman of Kyoto Mitate International for many years, a non-profit organization that worked to revitalize Kyoto's traditional environments and cultural heritage.
Reviews
"A series of compelling verbal and visual reflections on the design principles and philosophical values of Japanese gardens. These concise insights . . are relevant to anyone who cares about how places of beauty are created and why they are meaningful. In the crowded field of books on Japanese gardens, Marc Keane has produced a classic."--Kendall H. Brown, author of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America "Sheds light on the intricate and often overlooked details and important nuances of the Japanese garden with the insight of an experienced designer and practitioner and the eloquence of a scholar... A must-have volume for anyone seriously interested in understanding the spirit and attention to subtle detail that make Japanese gardens places of tranquility and refuge wherever they exist in the world."--Diane Durston (Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education) and Sadafumi Uchiyama (Garden Curator), Portland Japanese Garden "Japanese Garden Notes may be one of the most exquisitely photographed books on Japanese gardens ever published. Keane picks up on the fine details that real lovers of Japanese gardens savor... Organized by theme, this book gives the reader a rich overview of Japanese garden art, while pleasing the eye with surprising, intimate, even intense, photographs."--Alex Kerr, author of Lost Japan "Japanese Garden Notes captures the beauty and intelligence of Japanese gardens better than any book I know of. It is a remarkable document." --Leonard Koren, author of Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Book Information
ISBN 9781611720358
Author Marc Peter Keane
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Stone Bridge Press
Publisher Stone Bridge Press
Weight(grams) 1006g
Announcement to gardening and Japan-related media Pursue feature articles in Japan focused outlets like The Japan Times Promotion at Association of Asian Studies, ALA Social media marketing with excerpts from the book on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit and target audience focused forums Announcements to the over 50 US institutions that offer degrees in Landscape Architecture Announcements to reviewers/booksellers of author's previous books Galleys to national media outlets, trade publications, and audience-focused websites and reviewers. (AV Club, Book Forum, Booklist, BookPage, Buzzfeed Books, Foreword, Journal of Japanese Studies, LA Times, Midwest Book Review, Portland Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Rain Taxi, San Francisco Book Review, Shelf Awareness, The Guardian, The Japan Times, The LA Review of Books, The Mary Sue, The New York Journal of Books, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, World Literature Today, Kyoto Journal, AJE, Japan Realm, Metropolis News, Japan Culture NYC, Haikugirl's Japan, Tofugu) Postcard mailing to museum shops, high-end bookstores Promotion on the author's website: www.mpkeane.com Special prepub signup promotion with giveaway
About the Author
Marc Peter Keane: Marc Peter Keane, a graduate of Cornell University, is an American landscape architect and author. He lived in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly 20 years, and specializes in Japanese garden design. Presently, he maintains a design office in Ithaca, New York. He is the author of several books about garden design: Japanese Garden Design (an introduction to the culture and design of Japanese gardens); Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden (a translation of Japan's oldest gardening text, co-authored with Prof. Jiro Takei), The Art of Setting Stones (a collection of philosophical essays on gardens), and The Japanese Tea Garden (history and aesthetics of Japanese tea gardens). Keane is a fellow at the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art in Kyoto, the East Asia Program at Cornell University, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University. He has lectured widely throughout the United States, England, and Japan. Keane also acted as chairman of Kyoto Mitate International for many years, a non-profit organization that worked to revitalize Kyoto's traditional environments and cultural heritage.
Reviews
"A series of compelling verbal and visual reflections on the design principles and philosophical values of Japanese gardens. These concise insights . . are relevant to anyone who cares about how places of beauty are created and why they are meaningful. In the crowded field of books on Japanese gardens, Marc Keane has produced a classic."--Kendall H. Brown, author of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America "Sheds light on the intricate and often overlooked details and important nuances of the Japanese garden with the insight of an experienced designer and practitioner and the eloquence of a scholar... A must-have volume for anyone seriously interested in understanding the spirit and attention to subtle detail that make Japanese gardens places of tranquility and refuge wherever they exist in the world."--Diane Durston (Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education) and Sadafumi Uchiyama (Garden Curator), Portland Japanese Garden "Japanese Garden Notes may be one of the most exquisitely photographed books on Japanese gardens ever published. Keane picks up on the fine details that real lovers of Japanese gardens savor... Organized by theme, this book gives the reader a rich overview of Japanese garden art, while pleasing the eye with surprising, intimate, even intense, photographs."--Alex Kerr, author of Lost Japan "Japanese Garden Notes captures the beauty and intelligence of Japanese gardens better than any book I know of. It is a remarkable document." --Leonard Koren, author of Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Book Information
ISBN 9781611720358
Author Marc Peter Keane
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Stone Bridge Press
Publisher Stone Bridge Press
Weight(grams) 1006g
