Edo, art in Japan 1615-1868 /

The West's understanding of historical Japan is almost wholly based on works of art from the Edo period -- screen paintings of landscape settings and city life, woodblock prints of sumo wrestlers, kabuki actors, and courtesans; brilliantly colored porcelains, exquisite textiles made for nM thea...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/edo-art-in-japan.pdf
Author / Contributor: Singer, Robert T.
Corporate Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Other authors / contributors: Carpenter, John T.
Imprint: Washington : National Gallery of Art, 1998.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquisition Notes:Gift of Anne d'Harnoncourt and Joseph Rishel