Inspired by the work Spaces in Translation: Japanese Gardens and the West by Christian Tagsold, below are some links to historical works related to Japanese gardens that are available on the open web, mostly on Internet Archive, in English:
- Imperial Japanese Commission to the International Exhibition at Philadelphia. Official Catalogue of the Japanese Section, and Descriptive Notes on the Industry and Agriculture of Japan. (1876).
- Morse, Edward Sylvester. Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings. (1889 [1885]).
- Hearn Lafcadio “In a Japanese Garden” Atlantic Monthly 70 (417) July 1892, pp. 14-33
- Piggott, Francis Taylor, The Garden of Japan. A Year’s Diary of Its Flowers (1896 [1892]).
- Conder, J. (Josiah). The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement (1892).
- Conder, Josiah Landscape Gardening in Japan (1893)
- Conder, Josiah Supplement to Landscape Gardening in Japan (1893).
- Conder, Josiah Theory of Japanese Flower Arrangement (1935)
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Brown, Glenn, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), Kinkichiro Honda, et al. European and Japanese Gardens; Papers Read Before the American Institute of Architects (1902).
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Hoshi, Hajime. Handbook of Japan and Japanese Exhibits at World’s Fair, St. Louis, 1904. (1904).
- Farrer, Reginald John The Garden of Asia: Impressions from Japan (1904).
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Farrer, Reginald John. My Rock-Garden. London : E. Arnold, (1908 [1907]).
- Du Cane, Florence and Ella Du Cane, The Flowers and Gardens of Japan (1908).
- Taylor, Harriet (Osgood) and Walter Tyndale, Japanese Gardens (1912).
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Shiota, Takeo. The Miniature Japanese Landscape: A Short Description. (1915).
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Shiota, Takeo. Japanese Gardens and Houses. (1916).
- Tamura, Tsuyoshi. Art Of The Landscape Garden In Japan. (1935)
- Kuck, Loraine E. The Art of Japanese Gardens. (1940)
- Tatsui Matsunosuke Japanese Gardens (1949 [1934])
I welcome more suggestions! – Konrad M. Lawson (kmlawson at froginawell.net, Mastodon: @konrad@social.coop)