Category: Japan

U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: A Symposium on Critical Issues (Research Papers and Policy Studies, No. 1)

By: Abegglen, James C. et al

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley : 1980

Seller ID: 25369

ISBN-13: 9780912966250

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Authors include James C. Abegglen, Tadao Kato, Louis J. Mulkern, Keiske Yawata, Walter E. Hoadley, and Koei Narusawa. 57p.
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How to Look At Japanese Art

By: Addiss, Stephen

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. : 1996

Seller ID: 32884

ISBN-13: 9780810926400

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Outline of Japanese historical periods. Pronunciation guide. Covers ceramics, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, printmaking, and gardens. Bibliography. Index. 144p. Measures 7x8.75 inches.
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Retrospective Exhibition of Fuku Akino

By: Akino, Fuku

Price: $300.00 USD

Publisher: Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art : 1993

Seller ID: 22986

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Corner crease on back cover. Text in Japanese. Beautiful color plates. Maps. Illustrated chronology (in B/W). Measures 8.25x11 inches. Loose postcard "They are the Future." Akino Fuku (1908-2001) first gained notoriety before World War II as a prizewinning female artist, a rarity in the hoary Nihonga tradition. However, the work for which she is best known came later in life, after she was invited at age 53 to teach Nihonga at a university in India.
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Emilo Ambasz: Architectural, Industrial, Graphic Exhibit Design: An exhibition at AXIS, Tokyo, Japan

By: Ambasz, Emilo

Price: $99.00 USD

Publisher: Tokyp, Axis : 1985

Seller ID: 32358

ISBN-13: 9784900450011

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 24p. Measures 8.5x9.5 inches.This beautifully illustrated and designed catalog accompanied a 1985 retrospective exhibition of Ambasz work at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo. The dust jacket was embossed and die-cut. The die-cut pieces can be removed and folded into a three-dimensional representation of two of his architectural projects. Text in English and Japanese. Emilio Ambasz (b. 1943) is an Argentinian-US architect and award-winning industrial designer. From 1969 to 1976 he was Curator of Design at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Ambasz has been labeled as "the father, poet, a...
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Edo: Art in Japan 1615

By: Arensberg, Susan M.; Tsuchiya, Takahide

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Washington DC, National Gallery of Art : 1998

Seller ID: 22514

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Measures 36x11 inches unfolded. Printed on two sides, with 14 panels folded, 7 on each side. 14 color images. Chronology.

Topics include religion and festivals, samurai, work, Edo style, etc. Two panels includes special programs and other information related to the exhibition.
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Tokyo: Form and Spirit

By: Brandon, James R. et al

Price: $32.00 USD

Publisher: Harry N Abrams : 1986

Seller ID: 25357

ISBN-13: 9780810916906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. 160 illustrations, including 120 plates in full color. Unclipped dust jacket. Essays and commentaries by Rand Castile, Yuichiro Kojiro, Donald Richie, Johei Sasaki, Marc Treib, Richard Danziger, Mark Holborn, Amy Reigle Newland, Gail Y. Okawa, Emily Sano, and others. Covers the entire spectrum of Japanese art from the Tokugawa period (or 1603, when Edo, now Tokyo, became the capital) to the present. Works of art are discussed in relation to the exhibition's themes of everyday life: walking; working; home life, including toys and hobbies; and important influences ...
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The Art Bulletin (Volume LXXXIII, Number1, March 2001)

By: Chapman, H. Perry (editor)

Price: $24.00 USD

Publisher: College Art Association : 2001

Seller ID: 32795

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated. 176p. Measures 9x11.5 inches. A Quarterly publication of the College Art Association.

Includes "Why Did Louis de Roncherolles Commission a Stained-Glass Window for Beauvais in 1522?" Michael W. Cothren; "Donatello's Bronze 'David' and 'Judith' as Metaphors of Medici Rule in Florence by Sarah Blake McHam; "Surrounded with Brilliants": Miniature Portraits in Eighteenth-Century England by Marcia Pointon; "Switching Sites and Identities: The Founder's Statue at the Buddhist Temple K?rin'in" by Gregory P. Levine; The State of Art History: Japan; and more.
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A Magnificent Rakuchu Rakugai Screen (New York Tuesday October 16, 1990, From the Property of a Gentleman)

By: Christie's

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Christie's : 1990

Seller ID: 24586

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. A few scratches on back cover. Beautifully illustrated. Glossary. Several works of Shibata Zeshin and his school. 20p.
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Family Planning in Japanese Society: Traditional Birth Control in a Modern Urban Culture

By: Coleman, Samuel

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Princeton University Press : 1978

Seller ID: 29201

ISBN-13: 9780691028651

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. New forward by Patricia G. Steinhoff. 269p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. A comprehensive picture of fertility control in Japan in the 1980s and a portrayal of the role of sex in marital relations in at least one segment of contemporary Japanese society.
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The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan

By: Cunningham, Michael R.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Art : 1991

Seller ID: 28802

ISBN-13: 9780940717138

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Catalog for October 19-December 1, 1991 exhibition. Beautifully illustrated. Covers paintings, lacquerware, textiles, and ceramics. References. Suggested Readings. Glossary. 154p. Measures 11x9 inches.
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The Arts of Japan (The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Summer 1987, Vol 45, No. 1)

By: Ford, Barbara Brennan

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1987

Seller ID: 25121

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Chronology. A look at the art in The Sackler Galleries for Asian Art when this space opened in 1987. 56pp. Color illustrations.

Topics include Japan before Buddhism, Shinto and Buddhist Art, Narrative painting in Japan, and more.
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A Primal Spirit Ten Contemporary Japanese Sculptors (with Gallery Handout)

By: Fox, Howard N.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Harry N Abrams : 1991

Seller ID: 29186

ISBN-13: 9780810924673

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Exhibition catalog. Beautiful color illustrations. Preface by Toshio Hara.

Contributions by Judith Connor Greer and Kiyoko Mitsuyama. Artists: Koichi Ebizuka, Toshikatsu Endo, Chuichi Fujii, Tadashi Kawamata, Takamasa Kuniyasu, Emiko Tokushige, Shigeo Toya, Kimio Tsuchiya, and Isamu Wakabayashi. 144p.

Lain in an 8-sided, illustrated gallery handout. Measures 28.25x10.5 unfolded. Brochure ten thumbnails, text, information about the exhibition, some crinkling, and a few spots.
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Contemporary Japanese Art: Fifth Japan Art Festival Exhibition

By: Fry, Elizabeth

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : 1970

Seller ID: 23068

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Exhibition Catalog. Artists include Hiroko Atarashi, Yoshishige Ikeda, Tatsuo Kondo, Hideo Mori, Yoko Toda, Shin Kamiya, and others. Illustrated in color and B/W.
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The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa

By: Fukuzawa, Yukichi

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1966

Seller ID: 30327

ISBN-13: 9780231083737

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Index. 407p. Translated by Eiichi Kiyooka. Foreword by Carmen Blacker.

Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur, journalist, and leader. He was probably the most-influential man outside government service in the Japan of the Meiji Restoration (1868). He also founded Keio University, Jiji-Shinpo and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.
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Dale Chihuly: Japan 1990

By: Geldzabler, Henry; Mizuta, Yoriko

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts : 1990

Seller ID: 22330

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Text in English and Japanese. French Flaps.

Catalog for an exhibition of Dale Chihuly's works at the Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts in Tokyo. Measures 9x12 inches. 42 full-color plates. Commentary. Biography.

Includes "Baskets," "Macchia," "Persians," "Venetians," etc.
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Arts and Designs of Japan Catalog No. 10, September 1988

By: Gilder, Peter R. and Lois

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Arts and Design of Japan : 1988

Seller ID: 25243

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 77 items listed with small thumbnail B/W illustrations. All items priced. Bibliography. Artists include Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Eisen and others.
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Japanese Prints and Paintings: Recent Acquisitions Catalogue 11

By: Goldman, Israel

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Israel Goldman : 2005

Seller ID: 23447

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Loose price list. Beautiful color plates (69). Artists include Harunobu, Shuncho, Kunisada, Toyokuni, Hiroshige, Kyosai, and others. Measures 8.25 inches square.
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Exhibition of Japanese Painting and Sculpture.

By: Government of Japan

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Government of Japan : 1953

Seller ID: 24035

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Catalog for traveling exhibition. B/W and color plates. 207p.

During the year 1953 this exhibition allowed the American people to view what is probably the greatest collection of Japanese paintings and sculpture ever to leave Japan. It was sent to this county through the generosity of the Government and people of Japan and constitutes a gesture of friendship and good will.
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Japanese Picture Scrolls (Art of the East Library)

By: Grilli, Elise

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Crown Publishers : 1958

Seller ID: 24248

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Color and black-and-white reproductions. Clipped dust jacket. 48p.
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Living in Japan

By: Hawkinson, Annie

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Experiment in International Living : 1984

Seller ID: 24490

ISBN-13: 9780936141145

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Title in the Intercultural Exchange Series. 42p. Printed as a supplement to Getting the Whole Picture: A Student's Field Guide to Language Acquisition and Cultural Exploration. Designed as a self-contained treatment of the country (in 1984). Bibliography.
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Michael Hofmann: A Retrospective

By: Hofmann, Michael

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Gyokusei Museum : 2004

Seller ID: 28653

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Signed and dated by artist. Catalog for April 17-June 20, 2004 exhibition, Gyokusei Museum, Awajishima, Japan. Text in English and Japanese. Beautifully illustrated.

Michael Hofmann, an artist and teacher, has been an active sumi-e painter since moving from the United States to Japan in 1972. He has worked closely with Jikihara Gyokusei (ja) (1904-2005), the prominent sumi-e painter, and others. 36p. Measures 8.75x8 inches.
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Western Art History

By: Inoue

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing : 1986

Seller ID: 25689

ISBN-13: 9784753661046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Text in Japanese. One color plate. Small black and White illustrations throughout. Maps on end pages. Dust jacket. Index. 291p.
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Understanding Japan 65: The Geography of Japan

By: Isamu, Ota

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: International Society for Educational Inc. (ISEI) : 1993

Seller ID: 27889

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Maps. Tables. Charts. Topics include the natural environment, economic activities, international relations, and more. 92p.
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Nami No Ue No Majutsushi

By: Ishida, Ira

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Ishida Ira : 2001

Seller ID: 20716

ISBN-13: 9789867475701

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Text in Japanese. French flaps. 237p.
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From Dream to Reality: The Iwasaki/Mutsubishi Collection: English Text Appendix

By: Iwasaki Mitsubishi Collection

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Tokyo, Iwasaki Mutsubishi Collection : 2010

Seller ID: 20127

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. English Text Supplement to the From Dream to Reality catalogue.

Contributors include Takahashi Akiya, Asami Yoshiko, Suzuki Hiroyuki, Yamanashi Emiko, Takashina Erika, Shimada Hanako and others. Topics range from the Iasaki family and paintings to commercial art and Nippon Yusen Kaisha. 63pp. No illustrations.
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Category: Japan