Drawings of the masters : Japanese drawings from the 17th through the 19th century / Jack Ronald Hillier

East Asian art and American culture : a study in international relations /  Warren I. Cohen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.

1. Art and American Understanding of East Asian Culture, 1784-1900 -- 2. The Golden Age of East Asian Art Collecting in America, 1893-1919 -- 3. Professionalism in America, Chaos in China: John Lodge and Langdon Warner -- 4. War, Depression, Opportunity -- 5. The Fortunes of War: America's East Asia -- 6. The East Asian Art Historians.

This is a beautifully illustrated book and a lively, entertaining, illuminating discussion of the contribution and effects of East Asian art on American culture. Warren Cohen portrays the assembling of the great American collections of East Asian art, public and private, and the idiosyncrasies of the collectors. Particular attention is focused on how this art became part of the cultural consciousness of the people of the United States, transforming their culture into something more complex than the Western civilization their ancestors brought from Europe. Cohen tells of art collectors, dealers, and historians, of museums and their curators, of art and imperialism, art and politics, art as an instrument of foreign policy. One of America's leading diplomatic historians, Cohen views art as an important part of international relations. He describes the use of art in "cultural diplomacy" to implement policy by China, Japan, and the United States. He argues that "virtually every act in the movement of art between cultures has political implications." The book demonstrates how art collecting interacts with the shifting rhythms of international politics and the business cycle. The recent decline in American economic power, with Japan emerging preeminent, was first obvious in the art world where American collectors found themselves unable to compete with their Japanese and Hong Kong counterparts and watched great works begin to move back across the Pacific.

Two copies in the library.

Essays : twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections / Hirabayashi Moritoku [and others].

Includes bibliographical references.

"This book accompanies the exhibition catalogue Twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections ... published on the occasion of the exhibition Twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections, held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, December 14, 1997-March 8, 1998"--Title page verso.

Foreword / Ann Yonemura -- Emperors as artists and cultural leaders / Miyajima Shin'ichi -- Calligraphy : the Imperial Collection and its masterworks in historical context / Hirabayashi Moritoku -- The tradition and transmission of imperial culture in the early modern period : the collection of the former Katsuranomiya family / Ohta Aya -- Reassessing historical role : the Imperial Household and the Imperial Household Ministry and modern Japanese art / Ohkuma Toshiyuki.

Handbook of Japanese art / Noritake Tsuda 津田敬武, 1883-1961

Japanese art / Raymond Johnes

Japanese art / Raymond Johnes.

Sculpture -- Painting -- Metalwork -- Lacquer and textiles -- Ceramics -- Prints.

Japanese art motives / Allen, Maude Rex

Japanese castles

Japanese costume and textile arts / Seiroku Noma

This informative book, with 43 illustrations in full color and 149 in black and white, describes the development of Japanese textile art in relation to the social background of the times. The author discusses two outstanding forerunners of the modern kimono: the kosode and the costumes of the Noh theatre. Examples of costume art and types of textiles, decorating techniques, and designs--all these are discussed here in a book of scholarly excellence and fascinating interest.

Seiroku Noma (1902-1966) graduated from the former Tokyo Imperial University where he specialized in art history. He served as Curator in Chief at Tokyo National Museum and is author of two additional books entitled: The Japanese Sense of Beauty -- Haniwa, and The Arts of Japan.

The kimono and its setting -- Land and climate -- Japanese-style dress -- The beauty of the kimono -- Rise of the kosode -- The kosode revolution -- Kosode and feminine beauty -- Overthrow of tradition -- Noh costume -- Shogunal patronage -- Types of Noh costume -- Kyogen costume -- Toward kabuki costume -- The passage of time -- Early kabuki -- Exotic textiles -- Yabo and Iki -- Simplification and refinement -- Changing tastes -- Katami-gawari and kata-suso -- Composite, allover, and large designs -- Scattered motifs -- Stripes and checks -- Pictorial designs -- Techniques and motifs of Japanese textiles -- Surihaku and Nuihaku -- Tsujigahana and tie-dyeing -- Embroidery -- Dyeing and printing -- Chaya-zome and Yuzen -- Kirihame and Zogan -- Hand-painted designs -- Colors and their names -- Abstract motifs -- Figurative motifs.

Tea taste in Japanese art : Asia House, 1963 / Sherman E. Lee