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 Tang 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 Garden is a rich resource for garden lovers, landscape designers, and architectsand anyone who admires the striking aesthetic of the Japanese garden.