Berthier, F., and G.
Parkes. Reading Zen in the Rocks. Chicago and London: University
of Chicago Press, 2000. (Used for research of the general history
of rock gardens; chronology; examples of rock gardens; information
from the Sakuteiki)
Carlson, Allen. "On
the Aesthetic Appreciation of Japanese Gardens." British Journal
of Aesthetics. 37 (1997) 47-57. (General sense of the importance
and purpose of Japanese gardens; explanation of the nature of
the aesthetic experience typical of the Japanese garden)
Coates, B.A. "In a
Japanese Garden" National Geographic. November 1989: 638-62. (Beautiful
color photographs of Japanese gardens; background information
pertaining to Japanese gardens; examples of Japanese gardens (Ryoan-ji,
Saiho-ji); information from the Sakuteiki, such as taboos; history
of Jap. Gardens; Muso Soseki)
Dream Window: "Reflections
on the Japanese Garden." Videocassette. Dir. John Junkerman, public
Media Video, 1994. 57 min. (Zen garden examples shown: Ryoan-ji,
Saiho-ji, Tenryu-ji; Muso Soseki; purpose of zen and its relation
to gardens)
"Japanese Aesthetics
and the Garden." URL: http://users.browser.net/markham/garden.htm
(Historic outline; components of Japanese garden aesthetics; Zen
gardens)
Kuitert, Wybe. "The
Zen Gardens." Japanese garden Art. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1988.
Pgs. 150-160. (Research of term "Kokushi"; Source used for clarification
of term because some sources referred to Muso as Muso Soseki and
others called him Muso Kokushi; general information about zen
gardens)
Moore, Abd al-Hayy.
ZEN Rock Gardening, Philadelphia: Running Press, 1992. (Background
information; Garden of Ryoan-ji; Relationship between zen gardens
and paintings (sumi-e and landscape paintings)
Nitschke, Günter. The
Architecture of the Japanese Garden, Germany: Benedikt Taschen
Verlag , 1991. (Background information; Japanese gardens throughout
history: Heian Period,Kamakura Period, Muromachi; Dry Landscape
garden; Examples of zen gardens (Saiho-ji, Tenryu-ji, Ryoan-ji);
Summary of individual gardens in appendix)
Thacker, Christopher.
"Chapter 4: Japanese Gardens." The History of Gardens, Berkeley
and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985. Pgs 63
to 79. (History of Japanese gardens)
