The Art and Architecture of Japan (Pelican History of Art)
by Robert Treat Paine and Alexander C. Soper (Yale University Press, 1992)
The Art Of Japan, by J. Edward Kidder Jr. (Park Lane/Crown Publishers, 1985)
Buddhism, by Louis Frederic (Flammarion Iconographic Guides,
Paris, 1995)
Gateway To Japan, by June Kinoshita and Nicholas Paloevsky (Kodansha, 1998) - the best guidebook in English
Geisha, by Liza Dalby (University of California Press, 1983)
The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art (30 volumes, Heibonsha/Weatherhill, English ed. 1974) is out of print. As of year 2000, individual volumes were still available from Amazon.com and Bookfinder.com.
Japanese Art, by Joan Stanley-Baker (Thames and Hudson, 2000)
Kyoto: A Cultural Guide, by John H. and Phyllis G. Martin (Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998)
Looking For The Lost : Journeys Through A Vanishing Japan, by Alan Booth (Kodansha, 1996)
Nara Buddhist Art: Todai-ji, by Takeshi Kobayashi (Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, vol. 5)
