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The study begins with two chapters which provide the necessary background - ""The Japanese Garden and Its Cultural Context"" and ""Making the Landscape of Kyoto"". The main body of the book describes 56 of the most important Kyoto gardens, arranged in groups by location. Each group is preceded by a map, or maps, showing the location of the gardens in that section of the city. The description of individual gardens is preceded by basic facts, such as the name of the temple in which the garden is located, when the garden was created, and visiting information. Descriptive texts examine the idiosyncrasies of each unique environment from diverse perspectives, including design and content, spatial context and philosophical and historical underpinning.

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The book's design is refreshingly simple and uncluttered, and as a guide is easy to carry around....[it] provides a solid, and at times charming, introduction to the extraordinary gardens of Kyoto. -The East<br>

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MARC TREIB is Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, a practicing designer, and a frequent contributor to architecture, landscape and design journals. His books include Modern Landscape Architecture: A Critical Review (editor, 1993); Space Calculated in Seconds: The Philips Pavilion, Le Corbusier and Edgard Varese (1997); Garett Eckbo: Modern Landscapes for Living (co-author, 1997); and The Architecture of Landscape, 1940-60 (editor, 2002) RON HERMAN is a landscape architect specializing in residential and estate gardens, with his office in San Leandro, California. After receiving his degree in landscape architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, he studied the history of Japanese gardens at Kyoto University. He has lectured widely on Japanese landscapes and been the recipient of two Japan Foundation fellowships for garden research. His professional work has been extensively published.

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