Marc Peter Keane, a graduate of Cornell University, is an American landscape architect and author.
He lived in Kyoto, Japan, for nearly 20 years, and specializes in Japanese garden design.
Presently, after many years living in Ithaca, New York, he has moved his home and studio back to Kyoto, Japan.
Keane has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Design at the Kyoto University of Art and Design and at Cornell University, and is a fellow at the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art, Kyoto, Japan, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, New York.
Keane also acted as chairman of Kyoto Mitate International for many years, a non-profit organization that worked to revitalize Kyoto's traditional environments and cultural heritage.