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Motomi Oguchi, Representative Director         
Garden History Researcher        

 
star.gif (325 バイト) Born in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture on December 25, 1947

star.gif (325 バイト) Graduated from Tokyo Agricultural College

star.gif (325 バイト) Started his academic research on gardens since his university days and visited
     many gardens in various Japanese cities and towns.

star.gif (325 バイト) Returned to his hometown; Okaya City, in 1972 upon finishing practical training
     as a landscape gardener in Tokyo and Kyoto.

star.gif (325 バイト) Engaged in garden creative activity from 1973

star.gif (325 バイト) Completed nearly 300 gardens; from parks to spot gardens, up until now.

star.gif (325 バイト) Masterpieces
     point.gif (80 バイト)Lake Suwa Lakeshore Park:Contributed by Seiko Epson Co., Ltd.,
                                              and directed by Mr. Kisho Kurokawa
                                                                    (world-renowned architect)
     point.gif (80 バイト)Korea Garden:Built in Mitsuike Park in Yokohama City
     point.gif (80 バイト)Hotel Hamano-yu:Suwa City
     point.gif (80 バイト)Japanese-style garden within Minchi Garden Zone in Taiwan
     point.gif (80 バイト)Garden inside the residence of Mr. Taiji Harada (famous for his naive paintings)
     point.gif (80 バイト)Garden inside the residence of Mr. Masashi Sada (popular singer-song-writer)
     point.gif (80 バイト)Garden annexed to Restaurant Kakijiro:Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture
     point.gif (80 バイト)Discovery and restoration of a ruined Japanese-style garden in Schonbrunn
               Palace, Vienna and construction of new gardens on the adjacent plots.

     point.gif (80 バイト)Others:Restoration and refinement of gardens and creation of new gardens
               in the grounds of Buddhist temples.

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      Theme of his study: Research on Japanese garden history
      His lifework is to develop history treatises on the garden cultures of Japan,

      China, Taiwan and Korea and to compile the materials into a book.

    <His writings>
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"The Bugaku School Style Gardens" (1972) Co-author: Yoshiki Toda
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"The Izumo School Style Gardens" (1975) Co-author: Yoshiki Toda
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"Gardens in the Ryukyu Islands and the Satsuma area" (1978)
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"Gardens in the Shinshu area"
             a complete set of 10 volumes ¥2,200〜¥2,700
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"A tour of gardens in the Shinshu area"
              (Publisher: The Shinano Mainichi) ¥2,300
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"The making of small gardens and spot gardens"
              (Publisher: Agricultural Books)
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"Pleasant gardening - Compendium"
              a complete set of 5 volumes (Gyosei) co-edited
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"Garden and culture and the spirit"
     
point.gif (80 バイト)"Gardens of Korea" (April in 1999)
     
point.gif (80 バイト)Scores of essays and lectures (10 to 15 times a year)
     
point.gif (80 バイト)A survey on gardens in Taiwan is moving ahead to compile a book.

star.gif (325 バイト) Member of:
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Japan Landscape Architect Institute
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Society for the Research of Oriental Garden Culture
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Japan Folk Art Academy
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Korea Garden Institute
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Okaya City Lions Club
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Garden Academy of Japan
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Japan Garden Organization
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Forest & Spring Association of Kyoto
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Tea Ceremony Culture Academic World
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Shinshu Master-hand Circle
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Japan Landscape Architect
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Garden & Landscape Institute of Japan

star.gif (325 バイト) Honorary Post & Commendation:
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Instructor attached to the Shinshu Garden Tour Association
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Awarded the Japan Garden Organization prize (in 1993)
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Winner of the Japan Landscape Architecture Confederation Photographic
        Contest and four (4) pieces were picked up as an excellent work
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Awarded the Korea Garden Institute special prize
   
point.gif (80 バイト)Landscape adviser of Nagano Prefecture

Currently, he spends a lot of his time in garden refinement and restoration,
environmental projects, city planning and designing and construction of tea-ceremony
rooms or tea gardens, but private garden making is his principal business.


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