The Author: Seiko Goto is a practicing landscape architect as well as a scholar of East Asian and European garden history. She received her Ph.D. in the history of Japanese gardens from Chiba University in Japan and also studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to joining the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, Goto taught a course on Japanese religion at the University of Toronto.

«This very timely and important book helps us to better understand the unique cultural and environmental factors that have for centuries influenced the basis and evolution of the Japanese landscape. Seiko Goto has given a very comprehensive and personal explanation as to the meaning and significance of Japanese landscape design. This is a valuable text appropriate for use as a course text or as an addition to personal and institutional libraries.» (Professor Charles H. Thomsen, Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba)«Seiko Goto’s work illustrating the architecture of Japanese temple gardens makes a valuable contribution to the development of religion in Japan and is important to students of art and architecture, history, and religion alike.» (Willard G. Oxtoby, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Toronto)

The Author: Seiko Goto is a practicing landscape architect as well as a scholar of East Asian and European garden history. She received her Ph.D. in the history of Japanese gardens from Chiba University in Japan and also studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to joining the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, Goto taught a course on Japanese religion at the University of Toronto.

«This very timely and important book helps us to better understand the unique cultural and environmental factors that have for centuries influenced the basis and evolution of the Japanese landscape. Seiko Goto has given a very comprehensive and personal explanation as to the meaning and significance of Japanese landscape design. This is a valuable text appropriate for use as a course text or as an addition to personal and institutional libraries.» (Professor Charles H. Thomsen, Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba)«Seiko Goto’s work illustrating the architecture of Japanese temple gardens makes a valuable contribution to the development of religion in Japan and is important to students of art and architecture, history, and religion alike.» (Willard G. Oxtoby, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Toronto)