Nara: Nara National Museum, 2016. 8.6x 11.6", 248 pp., 78 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some with multiple views, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, introduction/greetings and list of works in English, paper, Nara, 2016. Shigasan Chogosonshiji Temple is said to have been built by Shotoku Taishi... More
Kyoto: Kyoto National Museum, 2017. 9 x 12", xii, 348 pp., 76 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, foreword, section introduction and list of works in English, paper, Kyoto, 2017. Kaiho Yusho is renowned as one of the most eminent painters of... More
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2018. 8.8 x 11.6", 1.5kg，308pp., xiv, color plates, texts in Japanese with English caption, paper cover. Ninanji Temple has been endowed with an exceptional collection of temple treasures by maintaining its deep ties with the successive generations of emperors since Ninna period. This exhibition catalogue presents... More
Nara: Nara National Museum, 2017. 8.9 x 11.9", 264 pp., 88 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some with multiple views, some b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, introduction and list of works in English, paper, Nara, 2017. Kaikei has long been recognized as one of the most representative... More
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2017. 9 x 12", vi, 315 pp., 37 select items illustrated in color, some fold outs, some with multiple views, a large number of b/w illustrations, text in Japanese, foreword and list of works in English, paper, Tokyo, 2017. Unkei was the creator of numerous realistic... More
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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Jieruitang Publishing, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover, illustrated in color, text in English with introduction and chapter titles in Chinese. Kangxi era porcelains are vast in number and in range of style, reflecting the long and successful reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662–1722). These high-quality porcelains of great visual appeal and... More
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2017. 8 x 11.9", xvi, 417 pp., 259 works illustrated in multiple color plates, text in Japanese with a preface and list of works in English, paper, Tokyo, 2017. This fabulous catalog presents an overview of the arts both selected and created in Japan in the... More
Beijing: Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016. 10.5 x 13", 7.5 kg，762 pp., color plates, texts in Chinese with English foreword and captions, hardcover. This book is an exhibition catalogue compiled by the Palace Museum in collaboration with National Museum New Delhi. Nine Indian museums and historical monuments, as well as... More
Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2017. Hardcover. 7.3 x 9.5", 2 vols., 520 pp., 1091 plates, text in Chinese and English, catalog of 112 pieces, bibliography, cloth, slipcase, Beijing, 2017. MQJ, abbreviated from Mu Qu Ju, is the name chosen by renowned scholar Wang Shixiang for this special Ming Furniture... More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2016. Cloth. About this Series Consisting of three volumes, On Chinese Art features 56 essays (presented as chapters) written by the art historian Wu Hung after he moved to the United States in the 1980s. Selected by the author himself, these essays have been organized in... More
2013. Hardcover. 473 pages : color illustrations ; 31 x 32 cm. More
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2016. First Edition. This recent publication of (a private collection on) Chinese bronze censers of the Ming and Qing dynasties is the most comprehensive in its field. It took 14 years to establish this exceptional collection and the selected 72 exceptional pieces are artistically presented... More
Beijing: Cultural Relics Press, 2014. 9.5 x 12", 2.5 kg，315 pp., color plates, texts in Chinese with English captions and foreword, cloth cover. This beautifully illustrated catalog gives an overview of cultural relics excavated and found in major harbor cities and shipwrecks along the maritime silk route. The second part... More
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
University of Chicago Press. 7.25 x 10.5”, 399 pp., 150+ images (most in color), hardcover w/ jacket, Chicago, 2013. The tenth century was a period of extensive change in East Asia, in which China was divided into regional kingdoms with the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 and powerful... More
Art Media Resources, Inc. 7.25 x 10.5", 208 pp., color illustrations, index, authors, pictorial boards, d.j., Chicago, 2012. The essays in this collection examine a broad spectrum of artwork, sharing secrets for "seeing" the arts of Asia as practiced by professional historians of Asian art. Here the novice and the... More
University of Chicago Press. 9 x 12", 257 pp., 160 color plates, 3 charts, 3 tables, 1 map 9 x 12, glossary, bibliography, paper, Chicago, 2010. (With contributions by Richard A. Born, Jinhua Chen, Albert E. Dien, Lec Maj, Nancy Steinhardt, Daisy Yiyou Wang, J. Keith Wilson, and Wu Hung)... More
Art Media Resources, Inc. 7.5 x 10.5", 384 pp., fully illustrated with b/w figures and line drawings, endnotes after each chapter, index, boards, d.j., Chicago, 2010. Much attention has been given to the importance of emulation of the past in Chinese history. Study and interpretation of the past are now... More
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
Privately Printed, 10/31/20. TWO VOLUMES, 9.5 x 11 in, 480 pages total, hardcover w/slipcase, 203 pieces illustrated, six color printing, text in English and Chinese. Hong Kong 2005. **Due to its size and weight, the shipping cost is $10.95 (USA address) and $59.95 (non-USA address). Attracted by the form, solid... More
Harvard University Press. 8.5 x 11.25", xviii, 448 pp., 180 b/w illustrations, contributors, detailed notes, index, cloth, d.j., Cambridge, 2005. Traditionally the "Chinese body" was approached as a totality and explained by sweeping comparisons of the differences that distinguished Chinese examples from their Western counterparts. Recently, scholars have argued that... More
Art Media Resources, Inc. 10.5 x 12", 196 pp., color frontispiece, 108 color plates, bibliography, index of names and words, list of plates, cloth, d.j., Chicago, 2004. Cosmology is one of the subjects that are dealt with already in the old Jaina treatises composed in Middle Indian languages. Transmitted by... More
University of Chicago Press. 8.5 x 11", approx. 120 pp., text in English and Chinese, spiral bound, paper, Chicago, 1999. (near fine). Abstracts topics include: Temple and icons, ritual and perception New Archaeological Surveys of Regional sites Buddhist art in Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor Reading Caves Patronage and Artistic Choice. More
Art Media Resources, Inc. Softcover. 6 x 9", reprint of the 1952 edition, frontispiece, 230 pp., 20 b/w plates, paper, Chicago, 2001. This is a long-awaited reprint of the major work first published in 1952. China's Dragon Robes is a scholarly survey of the dragon-patterned robes worn by nobles and... More