Books
Addiss, Stephen, with Audrey Yoshiko Seo. How to Look at Japanese Art. New York, 1996.
Bowring, Richard. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Guth, Christine. Art of EdoJapan: The Artist and the City 1615-1868.New York, 1996.
Hane, Mikiso, Modern Japan: A Historical Survey. Westview Press, 2001.
Hart, Christopher. Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.
Stanley-Baker, Joan, Japanese Art: Revised Edition. Thames and Hudson, 2001 edition.
Tsunoda, Ryusaku et al., Sources of Japanese Tradition. New York, 1964.
Reading for Students
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Puffin Books, 1999. (Grades 3-5)
Gollub, Matthew. Cool Melons turn to Frogs: The Life and Poems of Issa. Lee and Low Books, 1998. (Grades 3-8)
Kadohata, Cynthia. The Floating World. Ballantine Books, 1991. (Grades 9-12)
Kiyama, Henry. Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924. Stone Bridge Press, 1999. (Grades 9-12)
Okubo, Mine. Citizen 13660. University of Washington Press, 1983. (Grades 9-12)
Sakada, Florence. Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories. Tuttle Publishing, 3rd edition, 2003.
Uchida, Yoshiko. The Dancing Teakettle. Creative Arts Books, 1986. (Grades 3-5)
Films
Godzilla (Gojira), 1954, directed by Ishiro Honda. Original version with English subtitles available on DVD. Godzilla, King of the Monsters, 1956, was edited for American audiences.
My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro), 1988, directed by Hayao Miyasaki, available on DVD in Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed in English.
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime), 1997, directed by Hayao Miyasaki, available on DVD in Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed in English.
Spirited Away ( Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), 2001, directed by Hayao Miyasaki, available on DVD in Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed in English.