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CHINA
Ji Cheng, c1635, The Craft of Gardens, trans Alison Hardie, 2nd edn, Better Link Press, New York, 2012.
Johnston, R Stewart, 1991, Scholar Gardens of China: A study and analysis of the spatial design of the Chinese private garden, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Keswick, Maggie, 2003, The Chinese Garden: History, Art and Architecture, Rev (3rd) edn, ed Alison Hardie, London: Frances Lincoln.
Rinaldi, Bianca Maria, 2011, The Chinese Garden, Garden Types for Contemporary Landscape Architecture, Basel: Birkhâuser.
Wang, Joseph Cho, 1998, The Chinese Garden, Images of Asia, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.JAPAN
Locher, Mira, 2012, Zen Gardens: The Complete Works of Shunmyo Masuno, Japan’s Leading garden designer, Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing/Periplus.
Keane, Marc Peter, 1996, Japanese Garden Design, Tuttle Publishing, Boston, 2004.
Kuck, Loraine, 1980, The World of the Japanese Garden: From Chinese Origins to Modern Landscape Art, rprt with corrections, New York: Weatherill. [1968]
Slawson, David A, 1987, Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values, Kodansha International, Tokyo.
Takei, Jiro & Marc P Keane, eds & trans, 2001, Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden, Tuttle Publishing, Boston.
Tschumi, Christian, 2007, Mirei Shigemori – Rebel in the Garden: Modern Japanese Landscape Architecture, Basel: Birkhäuser.KOREA
The Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture, 2007, Korean Traditional Landscape Architecture, Elizabeth, NJ & Seoul: Hollym.
Min Kyung-Hyun, 1992, Korean Gardens: The beauty of Korean gardens represents a spiritual world through their historical development, Seoul, Korea: Borim Editions Seoul.
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