Shunmyo Masuno: “The Art and Philosophy of Zen Garden Design“

Shunmyo Masuno, Japan’s leading garden designer, is at once Japan’s most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular. He has worked in ultramodern urban hotels and some of Japan’s most famous classic gardens. In each project, his work as a designer of landscape architecture is inseparable from his Buddhist practice. Each becomes a Zen garden, “a special spiritual place where the mind dwells.“ His work is the subject of Mira Locher’s book, “Zen Gardens: The Complete Work of Shunmyo Masuno”. Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Brown University