Born in Okaya City, Nagano
Prefecture on December 25, 1947
Graduated from Tokyo Agricultural
College
Started his academic research on
gardens since his university days and visited
many gardens in various Japanese cities and towns. Returned to his hometown; Okaya City, in
1972 upon finishing practical training
as a landscape gardener in Tokyo and Kyoto.
Engaged in garden creative
activity from 1973
Completed nearly 300 gardens;
from parks to spot gardens, up until now.
Masterpieces
Lake Suwa Lakeshore Park:Contributed by Seiko Epson Co., Ltd.,
and directed by Mr. Kisho Kurokawa
(world-renowned architect)
Korea Garden:Built in Mitsuike Park in Yokohama City
Hotel Hamano-yu:Suwa City
Japanese-style garden within Minchi Garden Zone in Taiwan
Garden inside the residence of Mr. Taiji Harada (famous
for his naive paintings)
Garden inside the residence of Mr. Masashi Sada (popular
singer-song-writer)
Garden annexed to Restaurant Kakijiro:Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture
Discovery and restoration of a ruined Japanese-style garden in
Schonbrunn
Palace, Vienna and construction of new gardens on the adjacent plots.
Others:Restoration and
refinement of gardens and creation of new gardens
in the grounds of Buddhist temples.
Memorandum
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>
"The Bugaku School Style Gardens" (1972) Co-author:
Yoshiki Toda
"The Izumo School Style Gardens" (1975) Co-author:
Yoshiki Toda
"Gardens in the Ryukyu Islands and the Satsuma area"
(1978)
"Gardens in the Shinshu area"
a complete
set of 10 volumes ¥2,200〜¥2,700
"A tour of gardens in the Shinshu area"
(Publisher: The Shinano Mainichi) ¥2,300
"The making of small gardens and spot gardens"
(Publisher: Agricultural Books)
"Pleasant gardening - Compendium"
a
complete set of 5 volumes (Gyosei) co-edited
"Garden and culture and the spirit"
"Gardens of Korea" (April in 1999)
Scores
of essays and lectures (10 to 15 times a year)
A
survey on gardens in Taiwan is moving ahead to compile a book.
Member of:
Japan
Landscape Architect Institute
Society
for the Research of Oriental Garden Culture
Japan
Folk Art Academy
Korea
Garden Institute
Okaya
City Lions Club
Garden
Academy of Japan
Japan
Garden Organization
Forest
& Spring Association of Kyoto
Tea
Ceremony Culture Academic World
Shinshu
Master-hand Circle
Japan
Landscape Architect
Garden
& Landscape Institute of Japan
Honorary Post &
Commendation:
Instructor
attached to the Shinshu Garden Tour Association
Awarded
the Japan Garden Organization prize (in 1993)
Winner
of the Japan Landscape Architecture Confederation Photographic
Contest and four (4) pieces were picked up
as an excellent work
Awarded
the Korea Garden Institute special prize
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. |