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Trade Taste And Transformation: Jingdezhen Porcelain For Japan, 1620-1645
China Institute, 2006. In the final decades of the Ming dynasty, the potters of Jingdezhen produced blue-and-white porcelain, kosometsuke, and an underglaze-blue and polychrome porcelain ware, ko’akae, for the Japanese market, particularly for use in the popular tea ceremony. Chinese decorative themes and manufacturing standards were transformed to accommodate traditional..... More
Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan
Harry N. Abrams, 2003. More
History of History
"A very personal, whimsical exhibition by this well-known Japanese photographer that incorporates his own work with artifacts that he has collected over the years... as packed with goodies as the princely assemblages of art and curiosities brought together by European nobles in the 16th and 17th centuries." - Grace Glueck..... More
Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yusaku
University of Washington Press, 2011. Recognized in Japan as a connoisseur, collector, and proprietor of a famous folk art shop in Tokyo, Tawara Yusaku returned to painting late in life and had a single show in London before his death in 2004. Universe Is Flux is the first examination of..... More
Archaism and Antiquarianism in Korean and Japanese Art
Art Media Resources, Inc. 7.25 x 10.5", 240 pp., 100 color/BW illustrations, index, authors, pictorial boards, d.j., Chicago, 2013. Much attention has been given to the importance of emulation of the past in East Asian history. Study and interpretation of the past are now recognized as persistent forces in the..... More
Ink Plum: The Making of a Chinese Scholar-Painting Genre
Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Ink plum (momei) has been one of the most admired and widely practised genres of ink painting in China, Japan and Korea throughout the last six hundred years. In this study, the first full account of momei, Maggie Bickford provides a comprehensive account of genre-formation..... More
Looking Modern: East Asian Visual Culture from Treaty Ports to World War II
University of Chicago Press. 7.5 x 10.5", 360 pp., 30 color illustrations, 120 b/w illustrations, hardcover, d.j., Chicago, 2009. Looking Modern: East Asian Visual Culture from Treaty Ports to World War II examines multiple dimensions of visual modernity in East Asia from the nineteenth century through the early decades of..... More
The Resonance Of The Qin In East Asian Art
China Institute, 1999. The Chinese qin, an ancient seven-stringed zither, was an integral part of literati culture in East Asia. Its mythic origins, the beauty and efficacy of its music, and the legendary heroism of its musicians are all part of the vast canon and lore that developed around the..... More
One Hundred Masterpieces of Japanese Pictorial Art Volume 1 & 2
Japan: Shimbi Shoin, 1913. More
岩壑奇姿 Crags and Ravines Make a Marvellous View
A Study of Wu Bin’s Unique 17th-Century Scroll Painting Ten Views of a Lingbi Rock
Sylph Editions, 2017. Limited edition of 300. Crags and Ravines Make a Marvellous View is a groundbreaking art publication exploring classical Chinese culture through an extraordinary scroll painting, Ten Views of a Lingbi Rock, by the 17th-century master Wu Bin. The special collector’s edition, limited to 300 numbered copies..... More
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Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan
Arno Press, 1977. HB. Introduction by Laurence Binyon. Includes 50 black and white illustrations, bibliography and index. xvi + 3-385 pages (as published). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. More
Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2013. In the 1930s the history of Japanese photography evolved in two very different directions: one toward documentary photography, the other favoring an experimental, or avant-garde, approach strongly influenced by Western Surrealism. This book explores these two strains of modern Japanese photography through the work of..... More
2020 Chinese Arts Auction Records
2020. The contents of the "Auction Yearbook" are divided into nine major items: ceramics, jade, bronzes, sculptures, Tibetan cultural relics, classical furniture, study in the room, snuff bottles, rare books of ancient books . The new edition of the "Auction Yearbook" in 2020 will arrange all the TOP 10 lots..... More
Influence of Japanese Art on Design
Gibbs-Smith Publisher. During America's Gilded Age (dates), the country was swept by a mania for all things Japanese. It spread from coast to coast, enticed everyone from robber barons to street vendors with its allure, and touched every aspect of life from patent medicines to wallpaper. Americans of the time..... More
Visions of Fuji: Artists from the Floating World
Flame Tree Publishing, 2016. Mount Fuji has been a source of inspiration and awe since ancient times, and artists have been reproducing its likeness since at least the 14th century, as it became a key motif in all aspects of Japanese culture. The 19th century Ukiyo-e woodblock prints of important..... More