Nagao Sakurai (桜井長雄) (November 5, 1896 – July 1973) of the Imperial Palace of Tokyo was a landscape architect.
In 1971, Sakurai experienced a stroke while he was working on the Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden. He died in 1973.
Notable designs
Japanese Tea Garden, Central Park, San Mateo, California Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden, Spokane, Washington, 1967 Zen Garden and area in front of Tea House, both within the Japanese Tea Garden of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco The Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, Bel-Air, completed in 1961 The Japanese Garden in Micke Grove Regional Park, Lodi, California, dedicated in 1965 Japanese exhibit in the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition, a specialized World's Fair in Treasure Island, San Francisco Japanese exhibit in the 1939 New York World's Fair with Dr. Takashi Tamura
See also Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs, after 1938 William A. Pomeroy garden in Sausalito, 1956 Robert Pomeroy garden, Quail Hill, in Ross, CA, 1970-1971
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