Japan envisions the West : 16th-19th century Japanese art from Kobe City Museum /  edited by Yukiko Shirahara.

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 11, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008, Seattle Art Museum Downtown.

Includes bibliographical references and index. "Further reading": page 216.

Introduction : the painters of Japan and the West / Oka Yasumasa 岡泰正, 1954- -- The reception of maps between Japan and the West / Onoda Kazuyuki 小野田一幸, 1965- -- Two streams of Namban painting / Narusawa Katsushi 成沢勝嗣, 1958-  -- The art scene in and around Nagasaki / Narusawa Katsushi -- The influence of Ransho on Western-style painting / Katsumori Noriko  勝盛典子, 1957- -- The early copperplate prints of Shiba Kōkan and Aōdō Denzen / Tsukahara Akira -- Hollandisme in Japanese craftwork / Oka Yasumasa -- Japan and the West : export porcelain and lacquerware / Christiaan J.A. Jörg -- The opening of Japan and its visual culture / Tsukahara Akira.