FAH200-02: Zen & Tea Aesthetics
Professor Ikumi Kaminish, Fall 2007

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

Japanese Art Traditions   ·   Zen Buddhism (Japan) & Japanese Tea Ceremony  ·    Articles  

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

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

2. 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, the entries on Tea Ceremony & Zen Buddhism

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

A Dictionary of Buddhism   
Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography Ref. BQ4620 .L65 1999
Reading Buddhist art: an illustrated guide to Buddhist signs and symbols N8193 .M39 2002

A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer (Ref. Ref N7358 .R6)
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. 2. The beginnings of Japanese art.
           (Pottery and Terra Cotta Sculpture) NK4167 .E3213
vol. 3. Shinto art: Ise and Izumo shrines NA6057.I79 W3713 
vol. 4. Asuka Buddhist art: Horyu-ji N8193.J3 M5913
vol. 5. Nara Buddhist art, Todai-ji NB1057.N36 K6213 
vol. 6. The Silk Road and the Shoso-in. N3750.N36 H3713)   
vol. 7. Temples of Nara and their art NA6057.N3 O5513
vol. 8. Art in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. N7353.3 .S2713)
vol. 9. Heian temples: Byodo-in and Chuson-ji, N8193.3.P8 F8413 
vol. 10. Painting in the Yamato style, ND1054.5 .I3413 
vol. 11. Sculpture of the Kamakura period NB1053.4 .M6713 1974 
vol. 12. Japanese ink painting: Shubun to Sesshu. ND2071 .T313
vol. 13. Feudal architecture of Japan. NA7451 .H4813 
vol. 14. Momoyama decorative painting. ND1053.4 .D6413 1977 
vol. 15.Japanese arts and the tea ceremony. N7350 .M22 
vol. 16. Japanese costume and textile arts. NK8984.A1 N6513
vol. 17. Momoyama genre painting. ND1452.J3 Y3513 
vol. 18. Edo painting: Sotatsu and Korin. ND1053.5 .M5913
vol. 19. The Namban art of Japan. N7353.4 .O3513
vol. 20. Edo architecture, Katsura and Nikko. NA1553.5 .O3713
vol. 21. Traditional domestic architecture of Japan. NA7451 .I8413
vol. 22. Traditional woodblock prints of Japan. NE1310 .T2913)
vol. 23. Japanese painting in the literati style. ND2071 .Y6613 
vol. 24. Modern currents in Japanese art. N7354.5 .K3713
vol. 25. Japanese art in world perspective. N7355 .T4613 
vol. 26. Folk arts and crafts of Japan. NK1071 .M8713
vol. 27. The garden art of Japan. SB458 .H3813
vol. 28. The art of Japanese calligraphy. NK3637.A2 N3213
vol. 29. The art of Japanese ceramics. NK4167 .M4613

B. Zen Buddhism & Japanese Ceremony

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

 A Subject browse for books on Zen Buddhism, Japan

There are 10 items under 3 sub-topics:

Also browse more broadly Zen Buddhism, and get some general works such as:

Zen dictionary (stacks: BL1403 .W6)

Zen Buddhism: a bibliography of books and articles in English, 1892-1975 (Ref. Z7864.Z4 V47)

Critical Biographies:
Rediscovering Rikyu and the beginnings of the Japanese tea ceremony (stacks: GT2911.S4 P58 2003)

Priests, Zen -- Japan -- Biography.
Three zen masters: Ikkyū, Hakuin, and Ryōkan BQ9298 .S74 1993
Eloquent Zen: Daitō and early Japanese Zen BQ972.Y587 K7 1992
Iron eyes: the life and teachings of the Ōbaku Zen master Tetsugen Dōkō BQ990.E88 B37 2006 
Passionate journey: the spiritual autobiography of Satomi Myōdō BQ984.A69947 A3 1993
Letting go: the story of Zen Master Tōsui : Tōsui oshō denshan BQ990.O69 M4613 2001

  A Subject browse for books on Japanese Tea Ceremony

There are 24 items under 9 sub-topics:

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

Historical Abstracts  

Key Databases for Art and Art History Studies and Research
Art Abstracts1984- .     

Bibliography of the History of Art 1973-

Other Subject Databases:
ATLA Religion Database

Philosopher's Index

Anthropology Plus

Additional Databases:
Arts and Humanities
Expanded Academic ASAP  

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  1934 -

Essay and General Literature Index 1985-    

Arts & Humanities Citation Index. 1974- (Part of Web of Science.)
Use this database to find references cited by the article you have in hand and those who have cited your article as well.

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.

How to find the full text?

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)