The Top 30 Sukiya Living Books*

RANK / TITLE / AUTHOR 1. A Japanese Touch for Your Home, by Koji Yagi 2. A Japanese Touch for Your Garden, by Kiyoshi Seike 3. Japanese Homes & Their Surroundings, by Edward Morse 4. The Magic of Trees and Stones, by Katsuo Saito 5. The Japanese House, by Heinrich Engel 6. Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces, by Isao Yoshikawa 7. The Elegant Japanese House, by Teiji Itoh 8. The Gardens of the Adachi Art Museum 9. Landscape Gardening in Japan, by Josiah Conder 10. Building Bamboo Fences, by Isao Yoshikawa 11. Katsura, a Princely Retreat, by Akira Naito 12. The Art of the Japanese Garden, by Tatsuo Ishimoto 13. What is Japanese Architecture?, by K. Nishi and K. Hozumi 14. Japanese Garden Design, by Marc Keane 15. Zoen Daijiten, by Keiji Uehara 16. Japanese-English Character Dictionary, by A. Nelson 17. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael Dirr 18. Sunset Ideas for Japanese Gardens, by Sunset Magazine 19. Themes in the History of JN Garden Art, by W. Kuitert 20. The Gardens of Japan, by Teiji Itoh 21. The Lure of the Japanese Garden, by Main and Platten 22. JN-style Gardens of the Pacific Coast, by Kendall Brown 23. Japanese Gardens for Today, by David H. Engel 24. Building the JN House Today, by Peggy Rao and Len Brackett 25. Secret Teachings in the Art of JN Gardens, by D. Slawson 26. The History of Japanese Art, by Penelope Mason 27. The Garden Plants of Japan, by G. Taafe and Levy-Yamamori 28. Yokei-zukuri Niwa no Zu, by Moronobu Hishikawa 29. Nature on View, by Rao and Mahoney 30. A Pattern Language, by the Berkeley Group (--) Measure & Construction of the JN House, by H. Engel (--) Japanese Gardens, by Gunter Nitschke (--) Japanese Stone Gardens, by Isao Yoshikawa (--) Cha-no-Yu, by A.L. Sadler (former rank) (1) (2) (7) (11) (3) (8) (13) (25) (--) (10) (17) (4) (--) (15) (5) (20) (22) (21) (14) (9) (30) (24) (6) (--) (12) (--) (--) (18) (29) (28) (16) (19) (23) (26) CATEGORY Interior Design Homeowner Residential Architecture Gardening Techniques Architecture Gardening Techniques Architecture Coffee Table Garden History Fence Construction Estate Case Study Homeowner General JN Architecture Garden History Reference Language Horticulture Homeowner Garden History Gardens in Japan Travel in Japan Western JN Gardens JN Garden Theory Carpentry Historical Text Art History Horticulture Historical Text Western Homes Human Ergonomics Carpentry Garden History Specific Style Tea Ceremony

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

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