Author John Dougill is a professor at Ryukoku, Kyoto's
largest Buddhist university. He has written many books about Japan
including In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians, Japan's World
Heritage Sites and Kyoto: A Cultural History. In addition to
running the Green Shinto blog, he is the associate editor of
Japanese Religions and founder of the "Writers in Kyoto" group. He
lives in Kyoto, plays chess and loves to wander the banks of the
Kamogawa River.
Photographer John Einarsen is a photographer, designer,
curator and founding editor of Kyoto Journal, an international
magazine on Japanese and Asian culture established in 1987. His
photographs have been published in Kyoto: The Forest Within the
Gate and Small Buildings of Kyoto. From 2013-2015 he served as an
advisor to the Japan Times and in 2013 received the Commissioner's
Award of the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency. He lives near
Kyoto's Nanzenji temple.
Foreword writer Rev. Takafumi Kawakami is deputy head priest
of Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto, where he teaches Zen meditation
classes in English to 5000 foreign visitors annually including
groups from Harvard, Sloan and other schools. He co-hosts study
abroad programs in Kyoto for students from Bryn Mawr, University of
Oregon and other colleges and teaches Japanese hospitality and
corporate wellness seminars. He has developed a mindfulness
smartphone app called Myalo and supervises JINS MEME ZEN (a
mindfulness program using a wearable computing device). His is the
first Buddhist temple in Japan to publicly offer same-sex wedding
ceremonies, and he has been a member of the U.S.-Japan Leadership
Program of the U.S.-Japan Foundation, since 2008. His 2015 TED Talk
"How mindfulness can help you to live in the present" has been
viewed by over 100,000 people.
"For those who are new to Zen, this is a perfect guide to Kyoto's
wealth of gardens and temples. And even for a Japanese Zen priest
like myself, it offers a different and new way of appreciating Zen
in the city. This is highly recommended for those who want to go
deeper into the Zen world." --Reverend Daiko Matsuyama, Taizo-in
Temple, Kyoto
"Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto is a feast, whose authors, both
connoisseurs of Kyoto's spiritual culture, bring Kyoto's deep Zen
heart vividly to life. Einarsen's luminous, intimate photographs
and Dougill's concise and penetrating historical perspective
combine to create a sublime, grounded, indispensable volume.
Whether you love Zen, Asian beauty, or Kyoto, this is a book to
treasure, a book you must own." --Grace Jill Shireson, Zen priest
and author of Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho
Masters
"Whether for general reference or as a travel companion when
visiting a garden, this beautiful book helps orient our attention
to the values, symbols, and teachings of Zen. The harmony of
insightful commentary and stunning photos brings to life the
histories and aesthetics of Kyoto's rich Zen Buddhist heritage."
--John Nelson, Professor of East Asian Religions, University of San
Francisco
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