FAH15/105-01: Japanese Architecture
Professor Ikumi Kaminish, Fall 2007

Library Research Sources & Strategies
Prepared by Chao Chen, Reference Librarian at Tisch Library

Japanese Art Traditions   ·  Japanese Architecture: Books & Journal Articles   

Writing about Art   ·  RefWorks  ·  Renew Books  ·  Interlibrary Loan Request ·  Course Reserves

Cultural, Social and Historical Backgrounds
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. (Ref. DS 805 .K633 1983)

Art Traditions
Grove Art Online (The seminal source for art—the online equivalent of the 34 volumes of the print The Dictionary of Art  and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, plus updates since the print version.)
                 See, as an example, the entry on Japan.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture   

Japanese art in detail N7350 .R44 2005
Arts of Japan [serial]. Translation of: Nihon bijutsu. Tokyo ; New York : Kondansha International, 2003. N7350 .N63913 2003
     Contents v.1. Ancient and medieval.--v.2. Late medieval to modern.

The Art and Architecture of Japan N7350 .P3 1981
Handbook of Japanese Art N7350 .T73 1976)
Oriental Art: A Handbook of Styles and Forms N7260 .G6713 1980

Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. (Ref. Ref N 7358 .B55 1981)

The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art

vol. 1. Major themes in Japanese art NK4167 .E3213 
vol. 3. Shinto art: Ise and Izumo shrines NA6057.I79 W3713  
vol. 7. Temples of Nara and their art NA6057.N3 O5513
vol. 9. Heian temples: Byodo-in and Chuson-ji, N8193.3.P8 F8413 
vol. 13. Feudal architecture of Japan. NA7451 .H4813 
vol. 14. Momoyama decorative painting. ND1053.4 .D6413 1977 
vol. 20. Edo architecture, Katsura and Nikko. NA1553.5 .O3713
vol. 21. Traditional domestic architecture of Japan. NA7451 .I8413
vol. 27. The garden art of Japan. SB458 .H3813

See the whole set of this Survey

Japanese Architecture

• Tufts Library Catalog (http://library.tufts.edu)
• WorldCat [from the Tisch Library web site, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select "Other Library Catalogs"]

• architect* searches for architect, architecture, architectural and all other variations.
• (architect* or garden*) searches for either or both of the two words

• Apply the same method in search for journal articles (see below).

Asian Studies
Bibliography of Asian Studies   
An index of Western-language articles, monographs, and book chapters published since 1971.

Historical Abstracts  

For quick, (but not comprehensive) searches, use the following as a starting point:
Google Scholar   

Project Muse and JSTOR      
These are two digital collections of core journals in many disciplines. While Project Muse offers more recent issues, JSTOR has more earlier issues. There are some overlap of journals covered in both collections.

Academic OneFile    

Art and Art History
Art Abstracts1984- .     

Bibliography of the History of Art 1973-

Guides on Writing about Art
A short guide to writing about art ( Reserves: N7476 .B37 2005)
The art of writing about art (oversize:  N7475 .H83 2002)