This book highlights the religious, artistic, political, and economic consequences of horticultural pursuits, exploring the roles of peasants, botanists, horticulturists, nurserymen and gentlemen collectors in these developments, and concluding with a reflection on the future of horticulture in the present context of widespread environmental devastation and ecological uncertainty.The manuscript Sansui narabini yakeizu (dated 1448 as well as 1466) is a manual, written and compiled by low-ranking priests of esoteric buddhism as it was practiced in Ninna-ji. The rather unpolished text must have served as an instructionanbsp;...
Title | : | Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovation and Cultural Changes |
Author | : | Michel Conan |
Publisher | : | Dumbarton Oaks - 2007 |
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