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- Baroni, Helen J. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN 0-8239-2240-5. OCLC 42680558.
- Kinoshita, June; Palevsky, Nicholas (1998). Gateway to Japan. Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2018-X.
- Watanabe, Hiroshi (2001). The Architecture of Tokyo: An Architectural History in 571 Individual. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 3-930698-93-5.
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