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Zen in the Garden: the Japanese art of peaceful gardening

English

By (author): Miki Sakamoto

Translated by: Catherine Venner

Spring, summer, autumn, and winter: wherever you are, the seasons come and go, bringing changes both welcome and unexpected.

Japanese by birth, but transplanted to Europe in adulthood, Miki Sakamoto has spent a lifetime tending her garden and reflecting on its mysteries. Why do primulas bloom in snow? Do the trees really talk to one another? What are the blackbirds saying today? And is there a mindful way to deal with an aphid infestation?

From rising early to walk barefoot on the grass each morning, to afternoons and evenings spent sipping tea in her gazebo or watching fireflies as she recalls her childhood in Japan, in Zen in the Garden Sakamoto shares observations from a life spent in contemplation and cultivation of nature. She shows us that you can create Zen in your life, wherever you live and whatever form your outdoor space takes.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Apr 2023
  • Publisher: Scribe Publications
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781914484032

About Miki Sakamoto

Miki Sakamoto was born in 1950 in Kagoshima Japan. She studied classical Japanese and Chinese literature in Tokyo and cultural anthropology (MA) in Munich where she has lived since 1974. When living in Japan she wrote for several newspapers. Alongside Japanese haikus and German poetry she has authored works about Munich (Münchener Freiheit Munich Freedom) and her grandmother (Die Kirschblütenreise The Cherry Blossom Journey). Most recently she has written the poetic companion books Eintauchen in den Wald (Immersing Yourself in the Forest) (Hanserblau 2019) and Zen und das Glück im Garten zu arbeiten (publishing in English as Zen in the Garden) (Aufbau 2021). Last year Lichtwechsel (Changes in the Light) a volume of her poetry and nature writing was published in German and Japanese (Weissbooks 2021). She lives near Munich with her husband the biologist and bestselling author Josef H. Reichholf. Catherine Venner is a translator from German. She gained a B.A. from the University of Durham and a masters from Europa Universität Viadrina. Her translations have been published in World Literature Today No Mans Land and the Brixton Review of Books. She lives in North East England and enjoys gardening.

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