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A comprehensive, extensively-illustrated, detailed overview of Japanese art -- from the Joman period (10,500 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E.) through World War II.
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Japanese art, like so many expressions of Japanese culture, is fascinatingly rich in its contrasts and paradoxes. Since the country opened its doors to the outside world in the mid-nineteenth century. Japanese art and culture have enjoyed an immense popularity in the West. When in 1993 renowned scholar Penelope Mason wrote the the first edition of History of Japanese Art, it was the first such volume in thirty yearsto chart a detailed overview of the subject. It remains the only comprehensive survey of its kind in English. This second edition ties together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context.
New to the Second Edition- Extended coverage of Japanese art beyond 1945
- New discoveries both in archeology and scholarship
- New material on calligraphy, ceramics, lacquerware, metalware, and textiles
- An extended glossary
- A comprehensively updated bibliography
- 94 new illustrations
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Japanese art overview,
By usabear "eclectic one" (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: History of Japanese Art (Paperback)
This volume is a good overview of the arts of Japan from a historical perspective. The perspective is decidedly Western, however, and tends to overstate the relevance of "fine arts" as opposed to the so-called "minor arts" and crafts. Thus, woodblock prints are given less space than their cultural impact would imply. More importantly, ceramics are accorded very little space - a major shortcoming to any art history of Japan.
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This review is from: History of Japanese Art (Hardcover)
Depending on what your intended usage for this book will be, this book may be somewhat helpful. I needed this for an art history class my senior year of college as an art history major. Thing is, the class was pretty ridiculous. It was supposed to be an introductory class into the art of japanese art & tradition, but the professor spoke more of Chinese art & traditions.
This book will give you a pretty thorough knowledge in Japanese Art, as well as some of its culture, more through the introductions of the eras and periods and through its pictures. But that's it, do not buy this if you're looking for a complete knowledge, because that's not what it is. Also, if you are looking for early (i.e. ancient!) japanese history, there really isn't any, in this book or just in general. Definitely buy it here on Amazon, because I found it to be a lot cheaper in comparison to my friends who had spent a fortune on it through eBay and the university bookstores. You may also want to get a soft cover if you want to sell it back later on or use it solely for class, because it's such a heavy book (I have the hard cover). My intent was to keep the book, because it's such a nice book to have in anyone's collection. If you do purchase it, you will not be let down. It's a great buy.
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According to Japan's primary creation myth, the Heavenly Progenitor ordained that the twin gods Izanami and Izanagi should go forth and procreate to fill the empty space below the heavenly domain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jinbutsu giga, leian period, tsuke shoin, engi emaki, sutra repository, dry lacquer, haniwa figure, provincial clans, ordination hall, samurai elite, cord markings, mandala paintings, hanging scroll, kiln sites, hand scroll, camphor wood, worship hall, imperial regalia, golden hall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tokyo National Museum, New York, World War, Amida Buddha, Silk Roads, Dainichi Nyorai, East Asia, Middle Heian, Mount Fuji, Lotus Sutra, Phoenix Hall, Tamamushi Shrine, Tokyo Bijutsu, God of Thunder, Kyoto National Museum, Shaka Buddha, Treasure House, Four Guardian Kings, God of Wind, Ice Age, Japanese Buddhist, Nara National Museum, Sengoku Jidai, United States, Zen Buddhism New!
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According to Japan's primary creation myth, the Heavenly Progenitor ordained that the twin gods Izanami and Izanagi should go forth and procreate to fill the empty space below the heavenly domain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jinbutsu giga, leian period, tsuke shoin, engi emaki, sutra repository, dry lacquer, haniwa figure, provincial clans, ordination hall, samurai elite, cord markings, mandala paintings, hanging scroll, kiln sites, hand scroll, camphor wood, worship hall, imperial regalia, golden hall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tokyo National Museum, New York, World War, Amida Buddha, Silk Roads, Dainichi Nyorai, East Asia, Middle Heian, Mount Fuji, Lotus Sutra, Phoenix Hall, Tamamushi Shrine, Tokyo Bijutsu, God of Thunder, Kyoto National Museum, Shaka Buddha, Treasure House, Four Guardian Kings, God of Wind, Ice Age, Japanese Buddhist, Nara National Museum, Sengoku Jidai, United States, Zen Buddhism New!
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- Essays in Idleness by Donald Keene on page 212, and Back Matter
- Art of Japan by E. Kidder in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600 (vol. 1) by Wm. Theodore de de Bary in Back Matter
- Japanese Book Illustration by Yu Ying Brown in Back Matter
- Japanese Castles (Japanese Arts Library) by Motoo Hinago in Back Matter
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- A Dictionary of Japanese Loanwords by Toshie M. Evans on 9 pages
- Japonisme in Britain: Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel and nineteenth-century Japan by Ayako Ono on 4 pages
- Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket by Gordon Mathews in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket by Gordon Mathews in Back Matter
- World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art by Laurie Schneider Adams in Back Matter
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