Descriptive comments are included with some of the books, mostly those which struck the compiler as the best ones.
Teiji Itoh, Yukio Futagawa, (translated Richard L. Gage), "The Classic Tradition In Japanese Architecture: Modern Versions Of The Sukiya Style", Weatherhill, New York, 1972 A fantastic book with many useful plans and drawings. Shinji Koike, Ryuichi Hamaguchi, (translated Motoko Fuhishiro), "Japan's New Architecture", Shokokusha, Tokyo, 1956 Shinji Koike, "Contemporary Architecture of Japan", Tokyo, 1954 J. M. Richards, "An Architectural Journey in Japan", Architectural, London, 1963 Kiyosi Seike, Charles S. Terry, Akio Kawasumi, "Contemporary Japanese Houses: Volume I" Kodansha, Tokyo, 1968 Some interesting houses, but not as high quality a book as the Itoh/Futugawa book.
Sadao Hibi, "Japanese Detail: Architecture", Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1989 Koji Itao, "A Japanese Touch for your Home", Kodansha, New York, 1982 Jean Mahoney, Peggy Landers Rao, Toshiaki Sakuma, "At Home with Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit", Shufunotomo, Tokyo, 1990 Saburo Yamagata, "The Japanese Home Stylebook", Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, 1992
Michio Fujioka and Kazunori Tsunenari, "Japanese Residences and Gardens: A Tradition of Integration", Kodansha International, New York, 1982 A thin, large-format books with some good illustrations. Ota Hirotaro, "Traditional Japanese Architecture and Gardens", Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, Tokyo, 1972 Edward S. Morse, "Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings", Dover, New York, 1961 Minoru Ooka, Osamu Mori, "Pageant of Japanese Art: Volume 6 - Architecture and Gardens", Toto Shuppan, Tokyo, 1957 Minoru Ooka, Osamu Mori, "Pageant of Japanese Art: Volume VI - Architecture and Gardens", Toto Bunka, Tokyo, 1952 Tetsuro Yoshida, "The Japanese House and Garden", Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1955
William Alex, "Japanese Architecture", George Braziller, New York, 1963 Werner Blaser, "Struktur and Gestalt in Japan (Structure and Form in Japan)", Artemis, Zurich, 1963 Verlag Fur Architektur, 1963 Norman F. Carver, "Form and Space of Japanese Architecture", Shokokusha, Tokyo, 1955 A good book with a few plans. Arthur Drexler, "The Architecture of Japan", Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1955 Heinrich Engel, "The Japanese House: A Tradition for Contemporary Architecture", Tuttle, Rutland, 1964 A very good book with a quite a few plans and drawings, including drawings of Japanese wood joints. Heino Engel, "Measure and Construction of the Japanese House", Tuttle, Rutland, 1985 A major book with many detailed plans and drawings. Jiro Harada, "Lessons of Japanese Architecture", Dover, New York, 1985 Tomoya Masuda, Yukio Futugawa, "Living Architecture: Japanese", Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1970 Robert Treat Paine, Alexander C. Soper, "Art and Architecture of Japan", Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1974 Atsushi Ueda, "The Inner Harmony of the Japanese House", Kodansha, New York, 1990
Yukio Futugawa, Teiji Itoh, (translated Paul Konya), "The Roots of Japanese Architecture", Harper and Row, New York, 1963 A stunning work with many good illustrations. Yukio Futugawa, Teiji Itoh, "The Essential Japanese House: Craftsmanship, Function, and Style in Town and Country", Weatherill, Tokyo, 1967 A stunning and voluminous work with many good illustrations. Fumio Hashimoto, (translated H. Mack Morton), "Architecture in the Shoin Style: Japanese Feudal Residences", Kodansha, New York, 1981 Teiji Itoh, (translated Richard L. Gage), "Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan", Weatherill, New York, 1972 Teiji Itoh, Yukio Futagawa, "The Elegant Japanese House: Traditional Sukiya Architecture", Weatherhill, New York, 1969 A stunning work with many plans and drawings as well as illustrations; much detail on Katsura. Harumichi Kitao, "Shoin Architecture In Detailed Illustrations", Shokokusha, Tokyo, 1956 Bruno Taut, "Fundamentals of Japanese Architecture", Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, Tokyo, 1936 A small and obscure work that nevertheless started the modern re-appraisal of Katsura. Bruno Taut, "Houses and People of Japan", Sanseido, Tokyo, 1958
Teiji Itoh, Yukio Futagawa, "Traditional Japanese Houses", Rizzoli, New Work, 1980 A stunning work with many good illustrations. Norman F. Carver, "Japanese Folkhouses", Documan Press, Kalamazoo, 1984 A very good book with much good information, including some plans. Chuji Kawashima, (translated by Lynne E. Riggs), "Minka: Traditional Houses of Rural Japan", Kodansha, New York, 1986 A fine book with much good information, including many plans and drawings.
Teiji Itoh, Kiyoshi Takai, (adapted Charles S. Terry), "Kura: Design and Tradition of the Japanese Storehouse", Madrona, Seattle, 1980 Teiji Itoh, Kiyoshi Takai, (adapted Charles S. Terry), "Kura: Design and Tradition of the Japanese Storehouse", Kodansha, New York, 1973
Werner Blaser, "Japanese Temples and Tea-Houses", F. W. Dodge, New York, 1956 Nahiko Emori, Sau Asahitani, "Chashitsu (Rooms for Tea-Ceremony)", Asahi Shimbunsha, Tokyo, 1949 Helen C. Gunsaulus, "Japanese Temples and Houses", Field Museum, Chicago, 1924 Harumichi Kitao, "Sukiya Shosai-Zu: Detailed Illustrations of Tea Ceremony Huts", Tokyo, 1953
S. Azby Brown, "The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: An Account of a Temple's Construction", Kodansha, New York, 1989 William H. Coaldrake, "The Way of the Carpenter", Weatherhill, New York, 1990 Toshio Fukuyama, (translated Ronald K. Jones), "Heian Temples: Byodo-in and Chuson-ji", Weatherhill, New York, 1976 J. Edward Kidder Jr., "Japanese Temples: Sculpture, Paintings, Gardens and Architecture", Harry Abrams, Amsterdam A massive book with many illustrations. Takeshi Kobayashi, (translated Richard L. Gage), "Nara Buddist Art: Todai-ji", Weatherhill, New York, 1975 Seiichi Mizuno, "Asuka Buddhist Art: Horyu-ji", Weatherhill, New York, 1974 Minoru Ooka, (translated Dennis Lishka), "Temples of Nara and Their Art", Weatherhill, New York, 1973 Donald Richie, Alexandre Georges, "The Temples of Kyoto", Tuttle, Rutland, 1995 Kenzo Tange, Noburo Kawazoe, Yoshio Watanabe, "Ise: Prototype of Japanese Architecture", MIT Press, Cambridge, 1965 A very fine book, the definitive work on this important temple. Yasutada Watanabe, "Shinto Art: Ise and Izumo Shrines", Weatherhill, New York, 1974
"The Kyoto Imperial Palace and Imperial Villas", Konishiroku Photo "Imperial Palace", Japan Times, Tokyo, 1971 Michio Fujioka, Shigeo Okamoto, (translated Bruce A. Coats), "Kyoto Country Retreats: The Shugakuin and Katsura Palaces", Kodansha, New York, 1983 A thin, large-format books with some good illustrations. Gaijiro Fujishima, "Katsura Rikyu: Katsura Detached Palace", Suiko Shoin, Kyoto, 1950 Walter Gropius, Kenzo Tange, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, "Katsura: Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture", Yale University Press, New Haven, 1960 A reasonably good work. Sutemi Horiguchi, Jiro Harada, Tatsuzo Sato, "The Katsura Imperial Villa", Mainichi Press, Tokyo, 1952 Tadashi Ishikawa, Jiro Murata, Y. Taniguchi, K. Inokuma, T. Irie, "Kyoto Imperial Palace", Tanko-shinsha, Kyoto, 19?? Tadashi Ishikawa, "Imperial Villas of Kyoto: The Katsura and Shugaku-in", Kodansha, Tokyo, 1970 Teiji Itoh, Masao Arai, Taisuke Ogawa, "Katsura: A Quintessential Representative of the Sukiya Style of Architecture", Shinkenchiku-Sha, Tokyo, 1983 A very fine book, with fantastic drawings (many isometric) and much detail on the recent restoration, including details of the internal structure revealed in the process. Osamu Mori, "Photo Collection: Katsura Imperial Villa", Mainichi Newspapers, Tokyo, 1970 Akira Naito, Takeshi Nishikawa, (translated Charles S. Terry), "Katsura: A Princely Retreat", Kodansha, New York, 1977 A very fine book, the definitive work on this perhaps most important of all Japanese buildings. Tayzaw Niwa, "The Stepping-Stones in Katsura Detached Palace", Shokokusha, Tokyo Definitely a specialist work! Naomi Okawa, Chuji Hirayama, (translated Alan Woodhull, Akito Miyamoto), "Edo Architecture: Katsura and Nikko", Weatherhill, New York, 1975 Gisei Takakuwa, Toyo Okamoto, "Katsura Rikyu: Detached Palace", Suiko Shoin, Kyoto, 1950 Yoshiro Taniguchi, Jiro Harada, Tatsuzo Sato, "The Shugakuin Imperial Villa", Mainichi, Tokyo, 1956
Kiyoshi Hirai, (translated Hiroaki Sato, Jeannine Ciliotta), "Feudal Architecture of Japan", Weatherhill, New York, 1973 Motoo Hinago, "Japanese Castles", Kodansha, New York, 1986