This beautiful book, illustrated with more than 400 photographs and drawings, is the first full retrospective of his work to be published anywhere. It includes 37 gardens in a wide variety of types and settings: traditional or contemporary, urban or rural, in public spaces or private residences, and for temples, office buildings, hotels, campuses, or guesthouses. The book, divided into three chapters, covers: Traditional Zen Gardens, Contemporary Zen Gardens, and Zen Gardens outside Japan. Illustrated with photographs and architectural plans or sketches, each garden is described and analysed by author Miriam Locher, herself an architect and a scholar well versed in Japanese culture.