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Kitazawa Noriaki (et al.) History of Japanese art after 1945

Kitazawa Noriaki (et al.)

History of Japanese art after 1945

This volume surveys the development of art in Japan since WWII. The original Japanese worm has become essential reading for those with an interest in modern and contemporary Japanese art and is a foundational resource for students and researchers.

Amy Reigle Newland Printed and Painted

Amy Reigle Newland

Printed and Painted

This is the first English-language publication to offer an in-depth look at the life and career of the Japanese painter and woodblock-print designer Ogata Gekkō.

Jan Dees Breaking out of Tradition.

Breaking out of Tradition.

Breaking out of Tradition traces the pioneering developments in Japanese lacquer art at the beginning of the 20th century – the dawn of Modernism.

Anna Jackson Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk

This exhibition catalogue tells the story of this iconic garment, while wonderful woodblock prints from the V&A collection depict the classic styles and patterns of kimono. Covetable stationery and accessories reflect the inimitable élan of modern Japan.

C. Philip Cardeiro Hirado Ware

C. Philip Cardeiro

This catalogue shows 66 previously unpublished pieces of Hirado porcelain that constituted the exhibition in 1989. [Antiquarisch]

Matthi Forrer Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam is an essential work of reference and at the same time a source of endless aesthetic enjoyment.

Kendall H. Brown Water and Shadow

Kendall H. Brown

Water and Shadow

Known as Japan’s premier “poet of place,” Kawase Hasui is one of the most popular landscape artists of the twentieth century. This richly illustrated catalogue spans Kawase Hasui’s most imaginative period— from 1918 to the Great Earthquake of 1923.

Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere & Mikiko Hirayama (et al.) Reflecting Truth

Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere & Mikiko Hirayama (et al.)

Reflecting Truth

This book shows how scholarly investigation of Japanese photography has entered a transitional stage – moving beyond its focus on new discoveries and descriptions of collections, to investigating photography in historical and cultural contexts.

Nozomi Naoi & Sabine Schenk Takehisa Yumeji

Nozomi Naoi & Sabine Schenk

Takehisa Yumeji

This is the first publication outside Japan devoted to Yumeji's life and art. It features over one hundred and eighty works drawn from the Nihon no Hanga museum in Amsterdam.

John M. Rosenfield Portraits of Chōgen

John M. Rosenfield

Portraits of Chōgen

This book vividly describes the efforts of the Japanese monk Shunjōbō Chōgen (1121–1206) to restore major buildings and works of art lost in a brutal civil conflict in 1180.

Shinkenchiku 2014: 11

Shinkenchiku 2014: 11

This catalogue, brimming with archive materials like sketches and models, is published with the eponymous exhibition at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, which intends to stimulate a broader appreciation for these masterful works.

Kenneth Frampton Kengo Kuma Complete Works

Kenneth Frampton

Kengo Kuma Complete Works

Kengo Kuma has forged a modern design language that artfully combines the country’s traditional building crafts with sophisticated technologies and materials. This is the complete record of Kuma’s built work, comprising thirty projects to date.

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