Much of the information in “Sakuteiki”, now considered Japan's oldest landscape gardening book, has been based on the research findings of Dr. T. Tamura (1890-1979) and other Edo Era researchers. In order to clarify the process of formation of the current knowledge, a literature survey was conducted focusing on the changes of the name, using information from the extant hand copied manuscripts of “Sakuteiki” and the colophon of the published books. As a result, the “Yanagidani-bon,” a representative document in which the name “Sakuteiki” appeared, was the first of the extant manuscripts to be established. All of the books whose creation dates are known were created after the Edo Era, with the exception of the “Tanimura” book. The name “Sakuteiki” is a proper noun that is attributed to a series of books published between 1793 and 1819 called Gunsho Ruiju. It is now clear that before that time, proper names such as “Some book” were treated as unknown, and various other names were used, such as “Go Kyōgoku Sakutei no Ki,” “Senzui Shō,” “Enchi Hishō,” etc. In the future, it is necessary to analyze the significance of landscaping in the Edo Era, when various landscaping books were developed, in light of social.
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