MARC PETER KEANE is a Kyoto-based landscape architect, garden designer, artist and prolific writer (also KJ contributing editor), whose books include Japanese Garden Design, Japanese Garden Notes: A Visual Guide to Elements and Design, The Japanese Tea Garden, Songs in the Garden: Poetry and Gardens in Ancient Japan, The Art of Setting Stones, Moss: Stories from the Edge of Nature, Of Arcs and Circles: Insights from Japan on Gardens, and Dear Cloud: Letters Home from a Long-distance Traveler. His most recent publication (self-illustrated) is The Name of the Willow. https://www.mpkeane.com