introducing Sakuteiki 作庭記

Published 22 January 2010.

Sakuteiki 作庭記 will endeavour to explore the history of Japanese Landscape Design and is so named to honour the oldest and most revered Japanese garden design text.

Among other things relating to the history of Japanese Landscape Design, Sakuteiki 作庭記 will investigate whether there was a proto-religious influence or a proto-religious expression applied during the creation of the heritage gardens of Japan.

My hope is that Sakuteiki 作庭記 will shed some well-researched light onto some of the more mysterious origins of some heritage Japanese Gardens and also maybe I will add some more conjecture to the discussion on proto-religious and folkloric influences.