Library

This section contains:
  • The listing and descriptions of books useful to those interested in Japanese medieval culture, history, and language.
  • An introduction and short story regarding the Japanese warrior ethos by Sir Ogami Akira, Daimyo of Clan Yama Kaminari.
  • Links to online text resources. (coming soon)

Books

Ainugo Kaiwa Irasuto Jiten (Illustrated Ainu Conversation Dictionary)
Yokoyama Takao and Chiri Mutsumi 1988 Kagyuusha (ISBN 4-87661-106-8)

(Solveig)

The Art of Illuminated Letters : A practical Guide for Calligraphers
Patricia Seligman and Timothy Noad 1995 Quarto Publishing (ISBN Unknown)

(Tadatsune)

Art Treasures of Japan
Exhibition Book held jointly from the National Commissions for Protection of Cultural Properties and the Participating Museums in the USA and the Dominion of Canada 1965 ( ISBN Unknown)
(Date Yukiie)

The Art of Japanese Prints
Info Unknown

(Date Yukiie)

The Art of the Warrior : Leadership and Strategy from the Chinese Military Classics
Trans Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 Shambhalla Publications, Inc. (ISBN 1-57062-163-2)
(Date Yukiie)

As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams
Sarashina (Trans) Ivan Morris 1971 Penguin Books (ISBN 0-14-044282-0)

A Modern Chinese-English Dictionary
Hai Feng Publishing Company. LDT/Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-19-585189-7)

(Date Yukiie)

An Introduction to the Tale of Genji
Isako Hirose trans Susan Tyler 1989 University of Tokyo Press (No ISBN)
A beautifully bound treatise in English and Japanese introducing the main characters, with color plates. (Date Yukiie)

Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei
Peter Haskel & Yoshito Hakeda 1984 Grove Weidenfeld (ISBN 0-8021-3184-0) (Date Yukiie)

Benjo no Hanashi (About toilets)
Tani Naoki and Enshuu Atsuko (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1986 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09295-X) (Solveig)

"Body" Language
Geffery G. Garrison 1990 Kodansga International (ISBN 0-87011-955-9)
Humerous book detailing "body" idioms in Japanese, and their use. (Date Yukiie)

Bonsai Culture and Care of Minature Trees
Sunset Magazine 1965 Lane Publishing (ISBN 0-376-03044-5) (Date Yukiie)

The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi De Charney : Text, Context, and Translations
Richard W. Kaeuper & Elsbeth Kennedy 1996 University of Pennsylvania Press (ISBN 0-8122-1579-6) (Tadatsune)

A Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi trans Victor Harris 1982 Overlook Press (ISBN 0-87951-153-2)
(Date Yukiie)

The Book of Five Rings (Including "The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War)
Miyamoto Musashi & Yagu Munenori trans Thomas Cleary1993 Barnes & Noble
(ISBN 0-7607-04449-9) (Date Yukiie, Tadatsune)

The Book of the Samurai:Hagakure
Yamamoto Tsunetomo trans William Scott Wilson Kodansha International Ltd. (ISBN 0-8701-606-1)
Excerpts from the orig. Hagakure. * Sir Ogami's required reading list for his Squires* (Date Yukiie)

The Book of Tea
Okakura Kakuzo 1906, 1956 Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-8048-0069-3) (Date Yukiie)

Brush Writing : Calligraphy Techniques for Beginners
Ryokushu Kuiseko 1988 Kodansha International (ISBN 0-87011-862-5) (Tadatsune)

Bushido : The Warrior's Code
Inazo Nitobe 1979 Ohara Publications, Incorporated (ISBN 0-89750-031-8) (Date Yukiie, Tadatsune)

Cha no yu Nyuumon (Introduction to the Tea Ceremony)
Chiba Yuudou 1988 Heibonsha (ISBN 4-582-28711-5) (Solveig)

Chinese and Japanese Paintings, Works of Art and Furniture
Southeby's Auction Catalog1983 Sale 5012 (Date Yukiie)

Chivalry
Maurice Keen 1984 Yale University Press (ISBN 0-300-03360-5) (Tadatsune)

Chusei no Kaibaku (Dawn of the Middle Ages)
Hayashiya Tatsusaburou 1976 Kodansha Gendai Shinsho (ISBN 4-06-115825-2) (Solveig)

The Code of the Samurai
A.L.Sadler 1941 Charles E. Tuttle Company (ISBN 0-8048-1535-6)
An English translation of Daidoji Yuzan's Budo Shinshu. (Date Yukiie)

The Code of the Samurai : A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
trans Thomas Cleary 1999 Tuttle Publishing (ISBN 0-8048-3109-4) (Tadatsune)

Conversational Japanese: A complete Course in Everyday Japanese
Ichiri Shirato 1962, 1985 Crown Publishers, Inc (ISBN 0-517-55877-7) (Date Yukiie)

Daidokoro no Hanashi (About kitchens)
Takahashi Akiko and Baba no Masako (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1986 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09294-1)
(Solveig)

The Dalai Lama's Book of Transformation
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama 2000 Thorsons (ISBN 0 00 710097 3) (Date Yukiie)

Early Japan
Jonathon Norton Leonard & Editors of Time Life Books 1968 Time Life Books (L.C.C.68-27297) (Date Yukiie)

Early Samurai 200-1500AD
A.J.Bryant 1991 Osprey (ISBN 1-85532-131-9) (Date Yukiie)

Essential Japanese Grammar
Everett F. Bleiler 1963 Dover Publications (ISBN 0-486-21027-8) (Date Yukiie)

Essential Kanji
P.G.Oniell 1973, 1984 John Weatherhill, Inc (ISBN 0-8348-0082-9) (Date Yukiie)

Ethics For the New Millenium
Dalai Lama 1999 Penguin Putnam (ISBN 1-57322-883-4) (Date Yukiie)

The Ethos of noh: Actors and Their Art
Eric C. Rath 2004 Harvard University Asia Center (ISBN 0-674-01397-2)

"Even Monkeys Fall from Trees" and other Japanese Proverbs
David Galef 1987 Charles E. Tuttle Company (ISBN 0-8048-1526-7) (Date Yukiie)

The First Emperor of China
R.W.L. Guisso, Catherine Pagani, David Miller 1989 Alan J. Stormont (ISBN 1-55972-016-6) (Date Yukiie)

Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institutuion in Medieval Japan
Martin Collcutt 1981 Harvard University Press (ISBN 0-674-30497-7) (Solveig)

Fujiwara Uji Sen Nen (Fujiwara one thousand years)
Oboroya Hisashi 1996 Kodansha Gendaishinsho (ISBN 4-06-149322-1) (Solveig)

Furo no Hanashi (About baths)
Ooba Osamu (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1986 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09293-3) (Solveig)

The Game of Go: the National Game of Japan
Arthur Smith 1956 Charles E.Tuttle Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-8048-0202-5) (Date Yukiie)

501 Japanese Verbs Fully Conjugated in all Forms
Roland A. Lange 1988 Barron's Educational Series, Inc. (ISBN 0-8120-39991-2)(Date Yukiie)

Genghis Khan : Conquerer of the World
Leo De Hartog 1989 Barnes & Noble, Inc. (ISBN 0-7607-1192-5) (Date Yukiie)

Genji Monogatari
Murasaki Shikibu trans Kencho Suematsu 1974 Charles Tuttle Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-8048-1045-1)
Date Yukiie)

Geo
December 1982

A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor In All Countries and in All Times Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. (Known as Stone's Glossary)
George Cameron Stone 1961 Jack Brussel, Publisher

Hagakure : The Book of the Samurai
Yamamoto Tsunetomo trans William Scott Wilson 1983 Kodansha International (ISBN 4-7700-1106-7)
(Date Yukiie, Tadatsune)

Haiku wo Ajiwau (Experience Haiku)
Takaha Shugyo 1982 Kodansha Gendaishinsho (ISBN 4-06-145666-0) (Solveig)

Handbook of Modern Japanese Grammar
Yoko Matsuoka McClain 1981 The Hokuseido Press (ISBN 4-590-00570-0)(Date Yukiie)

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Thich Nhat Hanh 1973 Broadway Books (ISBN 0-7679-0369-2) (Solveig)

Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan
E. Papinot 1910 Tuttle (ISBN 0-8048-0996-8)(Solveig)

A History of Japanese Literature: Volue Two: The Early Middle Ages
Jin'ichi Konishi. Tran.s Aileen Gatten. 1986 Princeton (ISBN 0-691-10177-9)(Solveig)

The Horizon Concise History of Japan
Noel F.Busch 1972 American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc (ISBN 07-009299-0) (Date Yukiie)

A History of Japan to 1334
George Sansom 1958 Stanford University Press (ISBN 0-8047-0523-2) (Date Yukiie, Solvieg)

A History of Japan 1334-1615
George Sansom 1961 Stanford University Press (ISBN 0-8047-0525-9) (Date Yukiie, Solvieg)

A History of Japan 1615-1867
George Sansom 1963 Stanford University Press (ISBN 0-8047-0527-5) (Date Yukiie, Solvieg)

Hyakunin Ishuu (Hyakunin Ishuu - Poems of 100 Poets)
Shimazu Tadao 1969 Kadokawa Bunko (ISBN 4-04-404001-X) (Solveig)

Ideals of the Samurai : Writings of Japanese Warriors
trans William Scott Wilson 1982 Ohara Publications, Incorporated (ISBN 0-89750-081-4) (Date Yukiie)

Illuminated Spirit : Conversations with a Kyudo Master
Dan & Jackie DeProspero 1996 Kodansha America Inc. (ISBN 4-7700-1970-x) (Tadatsune)

The Illustrated Art of War
Sun Tzu trans Thomas Cleary 1998 Shambhalla Publications, Inc. (ISBN 1-57062-422-4) (Tadatsune)

The Illustrated Tao Te Ching
trans Man-ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, Jay Ramsay1993 barnes & Noble Books (ISBN 1-56619-617-5) (Date Yukiie)

I Ro Ha of Japan
Tsune Sesoko 1979 Japanese Preparations Commitee for IDCA (Date Yukiie)

The Japanese
Robert Newman 1964 Athenum (L.C.C.# 63-10366) (Date Yukiie)

Japanese Archery: The Eight Rules, Method and Equipment
Ochiai Seikichi and Onuma Hideharu 1961 Asahi Archery Equipment Co.
Interesting "Engrish" pamphlet on the hassettsu of kyudo(Date Yukiie)

Japanese Armour
L.J.Anderson 1968 Stackpole Books (ISBN unknown) (Date Yukiie)

Japanese Castles
Motoo hinago trans William H. Coaldrake1986 Kodansha International Ltd. and Shibundo (ISBN 0-87011-766-1)
(Date Yukiie)

Japanese Design Motifs : 4260 Illustrations of Japanese Crests
Adachi Fumie 1972 Dover Publications, Inc. (ISBN 0-468-22874-6) (Date Yukiie, Tadatsune))

Japanese Drawings From the 17th through the 19th Century
J.R.Hillier 1965 Little, Brown and Company (ISBN 0-316-36394-4) (Date Yukiie)

The Japanese Fairey Book
Ozaki Yea Theodora 1970 Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-8048-0885-6) (Tadatsune)

Japan : Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185 - 1868
Shimizu Yoshiaki 1988 National Gallery of Art (ISBN 0-8946-8122-2) (Tadatsune)

Japanese Street Slang
Peter Constantine 1992 Tengu Books (ISBN 0-8348-0250-3)
Wicked cool book of modern coloquialisms in Japanese...Lots of fun! (Date Yukiie)

The Japanese Sword
Kanzan Sato trans Joe Earle 1983 Kodansha International Ltd., (ISBN 0-87011-562-6) (Date Yukiie)

Japanese Things: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan
Basil Hall Chamberlain 1904 Tuttle (ISBN 0-8048-0713-2)(Solveig)

Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603
Stephen Turnbull 2003 Osprey Publishing (ISBN 1 84176 573 2) (Date Yukiie)

The Japanese Way of Tea : From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu
V. Dixon Morris 1988 University of Hawaii Press (ISBN 0-8248-1990-x) (Tadatsune)

Jodo Shinshu : Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan
James C. Dobbins 1989 Indiana University Press (ISBN 0-253-33186-2) (Date Yukiie)

Kado no Hanashi (About gates)
Satou Osamu (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1995 Kajima Suppankai (ISBN 4-306-09340-9) (Solveig)

Kanji no Gogen (Origin of Kanji)
Yamada Katsumi 1976 Kadokawa Shoten (ISBN 4-04-060100-9) (Solveig)

Katchu : Japanese Armor of the Kamakura Period

Frances Seyssel-Hawley 1992 Hawley Publications (ISBN 0-910704-46-5) (Date Yukiie)

Kamakura + Muromachi Jinmei Jiten Concise Edition
Yasuda Motohisa 1990 Shinjinbutsu Oraisha (ISBN 4-404-01757-X)

Kanji & Kana: a Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing System
Wolfgang Hadamitzky and Mark Spahn 1979 Charles E. Tuttle Company (ISBN 0-8048-1373-6) (Date Yukiie)

Kanji Pict-O-Graphix
Michael Rowley 1992 Stone Bridge Press (ISBN 0-9628137-0-2) (Date Yukiie)

Keigo wo Tsukaikonasu (Polite Speech)
Nomoto Kikuo 1987 Kodansha Gendaishinsho (ISBN 4-06-148868-6) (Solveig)

Kodansha International 1988/89
Books published (Date Yukiie)

KODO The Way of Incense
David Pybus 1993 Tuttle Publishing. (ISBN 4-8048-3286-2)
(Date Yukiie)

Kyogen Handbook
Aburatani Mitsuo 1995 Sanseido (ISBN 4-385-41030-5) (Solveig)

Kyogenshu
Kitagawa Tadahiko & Yasuda Akira 2001 Shogakukan (ISBN 4-09-658060-0) (Solveig)

Kyudo The Essence and Practice of Japanese Archery
Onuma Hideharu with Dan & Jackie DeProspero 1993 Kodansha America, Inc. (ISBN 4-7700-1734-0)
(Date Yukiie, Tadatsune)

Life in Old Japan Coloring Book
John Green 1994 Dover Publications (ISBN 0-486-27743-7) (Date Yukiie)

The Lost Art of War
Thomas Cleary 1996 HarperCollins (ISBN 0-06-251405-9)
Mediocre translation of Sun Pin's Bing Fa, complete with pointles, uninformed Cleary-style observations bent on selling one more mediocre book to the hungry masses.(Date Yukiie)

Make Your Own Japanese Clothes
John Marshal Kodansha International. (Date Yukiie)

Mado no Hanashi (About windows)
Hyuuga Susumu (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1988 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306--09296-8)(Solveig)

Mastering the Art of War : Zhuge Liang's & Liu Ji's Commentaries on the Classic by Sun Tsu
Thomas Cleary 1989 Shambhalla (ISBN 0-87773-513-1)(Date Yukiie)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bullitin : Arms & Armor - The Permanent Collection
Summer 1991 (Date Yukiie)

The Miscellany of a Japanese Priest: Being a Translation of Tsure-zure Gusa
William N. Porter 1974 Tuttle (ISBN 0-8048-1119-9) (Solveig)

Minwa (Folk Tales)
Seki Keigo 1955 Iwanami Shinsho (ISBN nashi) (Solveig)

The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Andrew Nathaniel Nelson, PH.D 1962, 1990 Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc. (ISBN 0-8048-0408-7)
Very usefull Kanji Dictionary. (Date Yukiie)

Mongoru go to Nihon go (Mongolian & Japanese)(Date Yukiie)
Ozawa Shigeo 1978 Hirobumi Dou (ISBN nashi) (Solveig)

Mountains Are Mountains and Rivers Are Rivers : Applying Eastern Teachings to Everyday Life
IIana Rabinowitz 1999 Hyperion The Reference Works (ISBN 0-7868-6476-1) (Tadatsune)

Musashi
Eiji Yoshikawa trans Charles S. Terry 1971 Harper & Row, Publishers (Kodansha)(ISBN 0-06-859851-3)
Wonderful story of the life of Miyamoto Musashi. Excelent "feeling". (Date Yukiie)

Nagashino 1575 : Slaughter at the Barricades
Stephen Turnbull 2000 Osprey Publishing (ISBN 1 85532 619 1) (Date Yukiie)

Name Construction in Mediaeval Japan
Solveig Throndardottir 1994 (Potboiler Press) (Barbara Nostrand) (ISBN 0-9642082-0-2)
The premier study of Japanese Name Construction by our very own Solveig. (Date Yukiie, Tadatsune, Solvieg)

Nihon Chuusei no Hyashusho to Shokunoumin (Medieval Japanese Farmers& Tradesmen)
Tsunano Yoshihiko 1998 Heibonsha Sensho (ISBN 4-582-84170-8)

Nihon Kabe no Hanashi (About Japanese walls)
Yamada Kouichi 1985 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09290-9) (Solveig)

Nihon no Rekishi Jou (Japanese History - Vol 1)
Inoue Kiyoshi 1963 Iwanami Shinsho (ISBN nashi) (Solveig)

Nihon no Rekishi Chuu (Japanese History Vol 2)
Inoue Kiyoshi 1965 Iwanami Shinsho (ISBN nashi) (Solveig)

Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697
W. G. Aston (Trans) 1896 Tuttle (ISBN 0-8048-0984-4) (Solveig)

Nihon Mukashi Banashi Handbook
Inada Kouji & Inada Kazuko 2001 Sanseido (ISBN 4-385-41041-0) (Solveig)

Nippon no Katchu : a Short History of Japanese Armour
H. Russel Robinson, F.S.A. 1965 Minestry of Public Buildings and Works S.O Code No. 67-216 (Date Yukiie)

Nihon no Kodomo ni Nihon no Odori wo
Nakamori Rishiro 1990 Daishukan Shoten (ISBN 4-469-26174-2) (Solveig)

Nogaku Handbook
Kobayashi Yasuharu 2000 Sanseido (ISBN 4-385-41044-5) (Solveig)

Noh Performance Guide 1 - Matsukaze
Monica Bethe & Richard Emmert 1992 National Noh Theatre (ISSN 0917-6187) (Solveig)

Noh Performance Guide 2 - Fujito
Monica Bethe & Richard Emmert 1992 National Noh Theatre (ISSN 0917-6187) (Solveig)

Noh Performance Guide 3 - Miidera
Monica Bethe & Richard Emmert 1993 National Noh Theatre (ISSN 0917-6187) (Solveig)

Noh Performance Guide 5 - Atsumori
Monica Bethe & Richard Emmert 1995 National Noh Theatre (ISSN 0917-6187) (Solveig)

Noh Performance Guide 6 - Ema
Monica Bethe & Richard Emmert 1996 National Noh Theatre (ISSN 0917-6187) (Solveig)

Oozumou no Sekai (World of Professional Sumo)
Ftagoya Makatsuji 1984 Shinchousha (ISBN 4-10-138101-1) (Solveig)

The Origins of Japan's Medieval World : Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century
Jeffery P. Mass 1997 Stanford University Press (ISBN 0-8047-4379-7) (Tadatsune)

The Origins of Wisdom: Zen Buddhism
O.B.Duane 1997 Brockhampton Press (ISBN 1 89019 551 2) (Date Yukiie)

Outrageous Japanese : Slang, Curses & Epithets
Jack Seward 1991 Yenbooks (ISBN 0-8048-1694-8) (Date Yukiie)

Pageant of Japanese Art : Architecture and Gardens
Edited by staff of Tokyo National Museum 1952, 1957 Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd. (no ISBN) (Date Yukiie)

The Qin Terracotta Army : Treasures of Lintong
Zhang Wenli 1996 Scala books & Cultural Relics Publishing House (ISBN 0 85667 450 8) (Date Yukiie)

Rakugo: The Popular Narrative Art of Japan
Heinz Morioka and Miyoko Sasaki 1990 Havard Council on East Asian Studies (ISBN 0-674-74725-9) (Solveig)

Rakugo Handbook
Yamamoto Susumu 2001 Sanseido (ISBN 4-385-41045-3) (Solveig)

A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature
J. Thomas Rimer 1999 Kodanash (ISBN 4-7700-2359-6)

Religion in Japanese History
Joseph M. Kitagawa 1990 Columbia University Press (ISBN 0-231-02838-5) (Date Yukiie)

Rikyuu Hyakushu (100 sayings of Sen no Rikyuu)
Iguchi Kaisen 1973 Tankousha (ISBN 4-473-00048-6) (Solveig)

The Ronin
William Dale Jennings 1968 Tuttle Publishing (ISBN 0-8048-3414-8)
* Sir Ogami's required reading list for his Squires* (Date Yukiie)

The Ronin : A novel based on Zen Myth
William Dale Jennings 1968 Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc. (ISBN 0-8048-1672-7)
Sir Ogami's Required Reading List for his Squires.* (Tadatsune)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 1 Nyuumon to Kiso (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 1) : Introduction and Fundamentals)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1972 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71201-2) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 2 Shin'nen + Shuugi (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 2) : New Year and Holidays)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1971 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71202-0) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 3 Haru (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 3) : Spring)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1972 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71203-9) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 4 Natsu (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 4) : Summer)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1972 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71204-7) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 5 Aki(Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 5) : Fall)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1973 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71205-5) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 6 Fuyu (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 6) : Winter)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1972 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71206-3) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 7 Suibokuga (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 7) : Charcoal watercolour)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1973 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71207-1) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 8 Tanzaku + Shikishi (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 8) : Tanzaku and shikishi)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1972 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71208-X) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 9 Ouyou 1 (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 9) : Decorative use 1)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1973 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71209-8) (Solveig)

Ryuuji Haiga Kyoushitsu 10 Ouyou 2 (Ryuuji Watercolour Sketch Course (vol 10) : Decorative use 2)
Akimatsu Ryuuji 1974 Sougensha (ISBN 4-422-71210-1) (Solveig)

Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden
Jirou Takei & Marc P. Keane 2001 Tuttle (ISBN 0-8048-3294-3) (Solveig)

The Samurai
Anthony J. Bryant 1991 Osprey Publishing (ISBN1-85532-946-8) (Date Yukiie, Tadatsune)

The Samurai : Recreated in Colour Photographs
Mitsuo Kure & Ghislaine Kruit 2000 The Crowood Press (ISBN 1 86126 335 x) (Date Yukiie)

Samurai Source Book
StevenTurnbull 1998 Cassell & Co. (ISBN 1-85409-523-4) (Date Yukiie)

Samurai Undressed
Jacqui Carey 1995 Carey Company (ISBN 0 9523225 1 x) (Date Yukiie)

Samurai Warfare
Dr Stephen Turnbull 1996 Arms and Armor Press (ISBN 1 85409-432-7) (Date Yukiie)

Samurai Warriors
Stephen Turnbull 1987 Blandford Press (ISBN 0 7137 1767 x) (Date Yukiie)

Samurai : The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior
Clive Sinclaire 2001 The Lyons Press (ISBN 1-58574-282-1) (Tadatsune)

Samurai Zen
Scott Shaw 1999 Weiser Books (ISBN 1-57863-104-1) (Tadatsune)

Secrets of the Samurai : A survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan
Oscar Ratti & Adele Westbrook 1973 Charles E. tuttle Company (ISBN 0-8048-0917-8) (Date Yukiie, Tadatsune)

Sen Rikyuu
Maurai Yasuhiko 1977 NHK Books (ISBN 4-14-00128-1) (Solveig)

Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China
Eva Wong (Trans) 1990 Shambhala (ISBN 0-87773-5) (Solveig)

Shapers of Japanese Buddhism
Yusen Kashiwarahara and Koyu Sonoda (Eds.) 1994 Kosei (ISBN 4-333-01630-4) (Solveig)

Shinpa Wakashu (New Poetry Collection)
Iwasa Masashi 1940 Iwanami Shoten (ISBN nashi)

Sun Tzu
Trans D.C.Lau & Rodger T. Ames 1993 Ballantine Books (ISBN 0-345-37991-8)
Excelent translation with Chinese for direct comparison. What every translated book should be! (Date Yukiie)

Sun Tzu The Art of War
Samual B. Griffith 1963 Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-19-501476-6)
Excelent thesis and translation of the Sun Zi Bing Fa by U.S.M.C. Brigadier General Grifith. (Date Yukiie)

Sun-tzu The Art Of War
Ralph D. Sawyer & Mei-chun Lee Sawyer 1994 Barnes & Noble, Inc.(ISBN 1-56619-298-6)
Very good work including good history, weapons descriptions, and maps. (Date Yukiie)

Sun Tzu Art of War
trans Ralph D. Sawyer 1994 Westview Press, Inc. (ISBN 0-8183-1951-x) (Tadatsune)

Sun Zi Speaks
Tsai Chi Chung Trans Brian Bruya 1994 Anchor Books, Doubleday (ISBN 0-385-47258-7) (Date Yukiie)

Sun Tzu : the New Translation
J.H.Huang 1993 William Morrow and Company (ISBN 0-688-12400-3)
One of the best translations of the Sun Zi Bing Fa available. Excelent comments. (Date Yukiie)

Supernatural and Mysterious Japan: Spirits, Hauntings, and Parnormal Phenomena
Catrien Ross 1996 Yen Books (ISBN 4-900737-37-2)

The Sword and the Mind
trans Hiroaki Sato 1985 Barnes and Noble, inc. (ISBN 0-7607-6531-6)
Excelent translations of period writings and transitions from period swordmasters. (Date Yukiie)

The Taiheiki
Hellen Craig McCullough 1956 Tuttle Publishing (ISBN 0-8048-3538-1)
An outstanding translation of The Great Tale, Taiheiki.(Date Yukiie)

The Tao Speaks: Lao-Tzu Whispers of Wisdom
Tsai Chi Chung Trans Brian Bruya 1995 Anchor Books, Doubleday (ISBN 0-385-47259-5) (Date Yukiie)

The Tao of Abundance : Eight Ancient Principles for Abundant Living
Laurence G. Boldt 1999 Penguin Group (ISBN 0 14 01.9606 4) (Date Yukiie)

Tao : The Watercourse Way
Alan Watts & Al Chung-liang Huang 1975 Pantheon Books (ISBN 0-394-73311-8) (Date Yukiie)

The Taoist I-Ching
trans Thomas Cleary 1986 Shambhalla Publications, Inc. (ISBN 0-394-74387-3) (Date Yukiie)

The Tale of Genji : Legends and Paintings
Murase Miyeko 2001 George Brazillier Inc.(Tadatsune)

Tatmi no Hanashi (About tatami)
Satou Osamu (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1985 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09291-7) (Solveig)

Tategu no Hanashi (About doors)
Takahashi Yasuo (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1985 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09292-5) (Solveig)

Teach yourself Origami
Robert Harbin1968Hodder and Stroughton Ltd (ISBN 0-8442-3935-6) (Date Yukiie)

The Teaching of the Buddha

Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Buddhist Promoting Foundation) 1966, 1984 (ISBN 4 89237-251-x) (Date Yukiie)

Teachings of the Buddha

Edited by Jack Kornfield w/ Gil Fronsdale 1993 Shamballa Publications, Inc. (ISBN 0-87773-860-2) (Date Yukiie)

Tokonoma no Hanashi (About tokonoma)
Mae Hisao (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1988 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09297-6) (Solveig)

Textile Art Summer 1983 (Date Yukiie)

Travel & Leisure Japan - A Special Issue
October 1984 (Date Yukiie)

Uta Makura Uta kotoba Jiten (Dictionary of Forms and Words)
Katagiri Youichi 1983 Kadokawa Shoten (ISBN 4-04-063500-0) (Solveig)

Waga (About Japanese roof tiles)
Fujiwara Sutomu and Watanabe Hiroshi (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1990 Kajiima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09299-2)
(Solveig)

War in Japan 1467-1615
Stephen Turnbull 2002 Osprey Publishing (ISBN 1 84176 480 9) (Date Yukiie)

Warrior Rule in Japan
Marius B. Jansen 1995 Cambridge University Press (0-521-48404-9) (Date Yukiie)

Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales
Paul Varley 1994 University of Hawaii Press (ISBN 0-8248-1601-3)
Very good book detailing Heian Nambokucho and Kamakura Jidai Warriors. (Date Yukiie, Solvieg)

The Way of Chuang Tzu
Thomas Merton 1965 Abbey of Gethsemani (ISBN 0-8112-0103-1) (Date Yukiie)

A Way to Victory : Annotated Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi trans Ochiai Hidy 2001 The Overlook Press (ISBN 1-58567-038-3) (Tadatsune)

The Way of Zen
Alan W. Watts 1957 Pantheon Books (ISBN unknown) (Date Yukiie)

What Life Was Like Among Samurai and Shoguns (Japan 1000 - 1700)
Editors of Time Life Books 1999 Time Life Inc. (ISBN 0-7835-5462-1) (Date Yukiie)

The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
Ivan Morris 1964 Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-1400-5479-0) (Date Yukiie)

Wu Ching Ch'i Shu - The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
trans Ralph D. Sawyer1993 Westview Press, Inc. (ISBN 0-8133-1228-0)
A most excelent work detailing seven of the most usefull clasics from China. (Date Yukiie)

Yane no Hanashi (About roofs)
Ishida Junichirou and Watanabe Hiroshi (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1990 Kajima Shuppankai (ISBN 4-306-09298-4)(Solveig)

Zashiki no Hanashi (About sitting rooms)
Yoshida Takako (Ed) Yamada Kouichi 1998 Kajima Suppankai (ISBN 4-306-09352-2)(Solveig)

Zen and the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel trans R.F.C. Hull 1953, 1971 Vintage Books Edition ( LCC 53-9945) (Date Yukiie)

Zen and Japanese Culture
Daisetz T. Suzuki 1970 Princeton University Press (ISBN 0-691-09849-2) (Solveig)

Zen and Japanese Culture

Suzuki Daisetzu T. 1993 Princeton University Press (ISBN 0-691-01770-0) (Tadatsune)

Zen Rinkushu (Collection of Zen Sayings)
Shibayama Zenkei 1965 Shorin Kichuudou (ISBN nashi) (Solveig)

Zen & the Way of the Sword
Winston L. King Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-19-509261-9) (Date Yukiie)