Marc Peter Keane, a graduate of

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, is an American landscape architect and author. He lived in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly 20 years, and specializes in

Japanese garden are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desig ...

design. Presently, after many years living in Ithaca, New York, he has moved his home and studio back to Kyoto, Japan. He is the author of several books about garden design: ''Japanese Garden Design'', ''Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden'', ''The Art of Setting Stones'', and ''The Japanese Tea Garden''. Keane has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Design at the Kyoto University of Art and Design and at

, and is a fellow at the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art, Kyoto, Japan, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, New York. He has lectured widely throughout the United States, England, and Japan. Keane also acted as chairman of Kyoto Mitate International for many years, a

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that worked to revitalize

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...

's traditional environments and cultural heritage.

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Marc P. Keane
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keane, Marc P. Living people American gardeners American male writers American landscape architects Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni Cornell University faculty Year of birth missing (living people)