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RANK / TITLE / AUTHOR

1. A Japanese Touch for Your Home, by Koji Yagi (1) Interior Design

2. A Japanese Touch for Your Garden, by Kiyoshi Seike (2) Homeowner

3. Japanese Homes & Their Surroundings, by Edward Morse (7) Residential Architecture

4. The Magic of Trees and Stones, by Katsuo Saito (11) Gardening Techniques

5. The Japanese House, by Heinrich Engel (3) Architecture

6. Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces, by Isao Yoshikawa (8) Gardening Techniques

7. The Elegant Japanese House, by Teiji Itoh (13) Architecture

8. The Gardens of the Adachi Art Museum (25) Coffee Table

9. Landscape Gardening in Japan, by Josiah Conder (--) Garden History

10. Building Bamboo Fences, by Isao Yoshikawa (10) Fence Construction

11. Katsura, a Princely Retreat , by Akira Naito (17) Estate Case Study

12. The Art of the Japanese Garden, by Tatsuo Ishimoto (4) Homeowner

13. What is Japanese Architecture?, by K. Nishi and K. Hozumi (--) General JN Architecture

14. Japanese Garden Design, by Marc Keane (15) Garden History15. Zoen Daijiten, by Keiji Uehara (5) Reference

16. Japanese-English Character Dictionary, by A. Nelson (20) Language

17. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael Dirr (22) Horticulture

18. Sunset Ideas for Japanese Gardens, by Sunset Magazine (21) Homeowner

19. Themes in the History of JN Garden Art , by W. Kuitert (14) Garden History

20. The Gardens of Japan, by Teiji Itoh (9) Gardens in Japan

21. The Lure of the Japanese Garden, by Main and Platten (30) Travel in Japan

22. JN-style Gardens of the Pacific Coast , by Kendall Brown (24) Western JN Gardens

23. Japanese Gardens for Today, by David H. Engel (6) JN Garden Theory

24. Building the JN House Today, by Peggy Rao and Len Brackett (--) Carpentry

25. Secret Teachings in the Art of JN Gardens, by D. Slawson (12) Historical Text

26. The History of Japanese Art , by Penelope Mason (--) Art History

27. The Garden Plants of Japan, by G. Taafe and Levy-Yamamori (--) Horticulture

28. Yokei-zukuri Niwa no Zu, by Moronobu Hishikawa (18) Historical Text

29. Nature on View, by Rao and Mahoney (29) Western Homes

30. A Pattern Language, by the Berkeley Group (28) Human Ergonomics

(--) Measure & Construction of the JN House, by H. Engel (16) Carpentry

(--) Japanese Gardens, by Gunter Nitschke (19) Garden History

(--) Japanese Stone Gardens, by Isao Yoshikawa (23) Specific Style

(--) Cha-no-Yu, by A.L. Sadler (26) Tea Ceremony

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The Top 30 Sukiya Living Books*

* Selected by Sukiya Living Magazine from a total of 287 books.

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