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JPNS 101 - Japanese Gardens and Tea Houses: Finding Resources

Books at KCC

The Spirit of Tea by Soshitsu Sen
Call Number: GT2910 .S4432 2002 (Japan Collection)
Contains a chapter on the tea room and garden.
Rediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony by Herbert Plutschow
Call Number: GT2911.S4 P58 2003 (General Collection)
Contains a chapter on tea architecture and gardening
Urasenke Tradition of Tea
Call Number: GT2912.U7 U73 1993 (Japan Collection)
The Art and Architecture of Japan by Robert T. Paine; Alexander C. Soper
Call Number: N7350 .P3 1987 (General Collection)
Japanese Arts and the Tea Ceremony by Tatsusaburo Hayashiya; Masao Nakamura; Seizo Hayashiya; Joseph P. Macadam (Translator)
Call Number: N7350 M22 (General Collection)
Includes a chapter on the design of the tea garden and the teahouse
What Is Japanese Architecture? by Kazuo Nishi; Kazuo Hozumi; Mack H. Horton (Translator)
Call Number: NA1553 N5713 1985 (General & Japan Collection)
The New Japanese Architecture by Botond Bognar; John M. Dixon; Rizzoli
Call Number: NA1555 .B54 1990 (Japan & Oversize Collections)
Early Buddhist Architecture in Japan by Kakichi Suzuki; Nancy Shatzman (Translator)
Call Number: NA6053.2 S8913 (General Collection)
Japanese Residences and Gardens by Michio Fujioka; H. Mack Horton (Translator)
Call Number: NA7451 F728 1982 (Japan Collection)
The Japanese House and Garden by Tetsuro Yoshida
Call Number: NA7451 Y615 (General Collection)
Chashitsu (茶室) by Nahiko Emori
Call Number: NA8306.J22 E458 1965 (Japan Collection)
Japanese Gardens: Design and Meaning by Mitchell Bring; Josse Wayembergh
Call Number: SB458 .B74 1981 (General Collection)
The Garden Art of Japan by Masao Hayakawa
Call Number: SB458 .H3813 1973 (General Collection)
A Japanese Touch for Your Garden by Kiyoshi Seike; Masanobu Kudo; David H. Engel
Call Number: SB458 .S44 1992 (Oversize Collection)
The Tea Garden : Kyoto's Culture Enclosed by Katsuhiko Mizuno
Call Number: SB458 H68 1992 (Japan Collection)
The Japanese Garden; An Approach to Nature by Teiji Ito, Takeji Iwamiya
Call Number: SB458 I8513 (Oversize Collection)
A Japanese Touch for Your Garden by Kiyoshi Seike; Masanobu Kudo; David H. Engel
Call Number: SB458 S4 (Japan Collection)
Traditional Japanese Architecture: An Exploration of Elements and Forms by Mira Locher; Ben Simmons; Kengo Kuma
Call Number: NA1550 .L63 2010 (Japan collection)

eBooks at KCC

Books at other UH Libraries

The Modern Japanese Tea Room by Michael Freeman
Call Number: GT2910 .F74 2007 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia)
ISBN: 9788889431870

To get books from other UH Libraries:

Go to that library in person, or
Click on "Get This Item" in the library catalog to have books sent to KCC.

Kindai Kenchiku no Yoake (近代建築の夜明け：京都・熊倉工務店, 洋風住宅建築の歴史) by Yuichi Ishikawa
Call Number: NA1557.K9 I84 2006 (UH Manoa: Hamilton East)
The Contemporary Tea House by Arata Isozaki; Glenn Rich (Translator); Hiroshi Hara; Kengo Kuma; Tadao Ando; Terunobu Fujimori
Call Number: NA8306.J22 I86 2007 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia Folio)
Kinkakuji Heisei no Chashitsu (金閣寺平成の茶室) by Arima Raitei, Kinoshita Koichi, Sen Sooku Kanshu
Call Number: NA8306.J22 K46 2005 (UH Manoa: Hamilton East Folio)
Chasho to Kenchiku by Masao Nakamura
Call Number: NA8306.J22 N33 (UH Manoa: Hamilton East)
Chashitsu Shusei (茶室集成) by Masao Nakamura
Call Number: NA8306.J22 N35 2008 (UH Manoa: Hamilton)
Shoko-ken: A Late Medieval Daime Sukiya Style Japanese Tea House by Robin Noel Walker
Call Number: NA8306.J22 W35 2002 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia)
Tokonoma no Dogu: Atsukai to Kokoroe (床の間の道具 : 扱いと心得)
Call Number: NK1580 .T65 2007 (UH Manoa: Hamilton East)
Garden Plants of Japan by Ran Levy-Yamamori; Gerard Taaffe
Call Number: SB408.3.J37 L48 2004 (UH Manoa: Hamilton)
Gardens of the World by Rory Stuart
Call Number: SB451 .S88 2010 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Folio)
Asian Gardens by Tom Turner
Call Number: SB451.36.A78 T87 2011 (UH Manoa: Hamilton)
The Japanese Garden by Seiko Goto
Call Number: SB458 .G68 2003 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia)
Japanese-Inspired Gardens: Adapting Japan's Design Traditions for Your Garden by Patricia Jonas (Editor)
Call Number: SB458 .J37 2001 (UH Manoa: Hamilton)
Japanese Garden Design by Marc P. Keane; Haruso Ohashi
Call Number: SB458 .K41 1996 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia)
Japanese Stone Gardens by Stephen Mansfield; Donald Richie
Call Number: SB458 .M36 2009 (Windward CC: Main Collection)
Mirei Shigemori by Christian Tschumi; Markuz Wernli Saito
Call Number: SB458 .T73 2005 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia)
A Guide to the Gardens of Kyoto by Marc Treib; Ron Herman
Call Number: SB466.J32 K9287 2003 (UH Manoa: Hamilton)
The Art of the Japanese Garden by Michiko Young; Ben Simmons ; Keystone; Tan Hong Yew; David Young
Call Number: SB466.J3 Y699 2005 (Leeward CC: General Collection)
Mirei Shigemori - Rebel in the Garden by Christian Tschumi; Christian Lichtenberg (Photographer)
Call Number: SB470.S45 T73 2007 (UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia Folio)

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Video

Traditional Japanese Architecture
1989. A production of NHK. Shows the Katsura Detached Palace in Kyoto, an example of the best in traditional Japanese architectural technique and design.
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In Full Circle: The Japanese-Style Garden as a Work of Art in Progress
Call Number: DVD 5614 (UH Manoa)

Interesting Links

East-West Center Japanese Garden, at UH Manoa
Japanese Gardens (JNTO)
Tea Ceremony (JTNO)
Gardens - Japan Fact Sheet
By the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs