PSA: Johnson Museum of Art Event

The Japanese Tea Garden: Birth of an Icon

A lecture by Marc Peter Keane

Thursday April 29, 5:15 pm
Johnson Museum of Art

Free and Open to All
Cosponsored by Cornell's East Asia Program

Japanese gardens are one of the icons of traditional Japanese culture.
Many typical, or even stereotypical aspects of these gardens--such as
natural stepping stones, carved stone lanterns, stone water basins,
mossy ground, and naturalistic plantings--were first used by garden
designers in the late 16th century as part of chanoyu, avant garde art
events that we now know as the tea ceremony. Marc Keane, visiting
scholar in Cornell's East Asia Program and author of the recently published
book, The Japanese Tea Garden, will discuss some of the most important
elements of Japanese garden design and their roots in early tea gatherings.