Celebrating the Relationship between Pittsburgh and Japan through Garden Design

Sep
09
4:30 pm
Event Status
As Scheduled
Presenter
Mr. Shunsaku Miyagi

Prof. Shunsaku Miyagi (University of Tokyo) is one of Japan's most eminent landscape architects. He is also the representative director of the Byodoin Temple, a temple in Kyoto that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and so important in Japan that an image of it is on the back of every 10-yen coin. Trained and educated in the US and Japan, his guiding philosophy is "Life is Design Itself." He will discuss Japanese gardens and connecting Pittsburgh and Japan through landscape design.
Learn more with our flyer: https://www.japanstudies.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/miyagi_flyer.pdf

Location
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
Event Type
Lecture
Contact Email
asia@pitt.edu
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