by Nancy Moore Bess 
Kodansha International 
11.25" x 9.5", 223 pages, 2001

Nancy Moore Bess "spent years poring over written sources, dictionaries, collections, whole libraries, collating everything she could find about bamboo. The result is a compendium of information that is not likely to be soon duplicated. It is also richly illustrated. Using period designs and modern photographs, the myriad forms of bamboo are displayed on every page... Text and photos are combined in one of the best-designed books of the year."

Donald Richie
The Japan Times