garden directors - Portland Japanese Garden

MOMENTS FROM THE GARDEN’S HISTORY
GARDEN DIRECTORS
The design of the Portland Japanese Garden is the unique vision of Professor Takuma Tono. Critical to the implementation of Professor
Tono’s Master Design Plan, and the subsequent development and maintenance that resulted in the Garden we see today, was the
appointment of nine Garden Directors over 27 years who were charged with fulfilling Tono’s vision. This group represents some of the most
sought-after Japanese garden designers and landscapers in the world. The system of continued professional stewardship throughout the
history of this Garden has made it one of the finest in the world.
At a reunion in 2010, they came together in Portland for the first time to share their thoughts on the history and development of the
Portland Japanese Garden, and to provide insight into the evolution and current direction of the art of Japanese garden design.
Takuma Tono
Kinya Hira
Hoichi Kurisu
Hachiro Sakakibara
Michio Wakui
Masayuki Mizuno
Kichiro Sano
Takao Donuma
Toru Tanaka
Sadafumi Uchiyama
(Beaverton, Oregon)
Served as Garden Director
1977–80
Served as Garden Director 1964–69
(Kyoto, Japan)
Served as Garden Director 1982–84
(Portland, Oregon)
Served as Garden Director
1968–73
(Niigata, Japan)
Served as Garden Director 1985–87
(Tokyo, Japan)
Served as Garden Director
1972–74
(Beaverton, Oregon)
Served as Garden Director 1988–90
PRESS CONTACT
611 SW Kingston Ave. • Portland, OR 97205
503.223.1321 • japanesegarden.com
Marketing & Communications
Portland Japanese Garden
Ph: 503.542.0288
pr@japanesegarden.com
(Nagano, Japan)
Served as Garden Director
1974–76
(Portland, Oregon)
Current Garden Curator
2008–present