Contributions

  • Addiss, Stephen, 1935- - Contributor
  • Groemer, Gerald, 1957- - Contributor
  • Rimer, J. Thomas. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - University of Hawaii Press, Hawaii, Hawaii

Language

English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005025291
  • Goodreads1076193
  • LibraryThing2607817

Classifications

  • DDC700.952
  • LCCNX584.A1 T73 2006

Description

Compiled in this volume is original material on Japanese arts and culture from the prehistoric era to the Meiji Restoration (1867). These sources, including many translated here for the first time, are placed in their historical context and outfitted with brief commentaries, allowing the reader to make connections to larger concepts and values found in Japanese culture. This book contains material on the visual and literary arts, as well as primary texts on topics not easily classified in Western categories, such as the martial and culinary arts, the art of tea, and flower arranging. More than sixty color and black-and-white illustrations enrich the collection and provide further insights into Japanese artistic and cultural values. Also included are a bibliography of English-language and Japanese sources and an extensive list of suggested further readings.

Subjects

Topics

Arts, japanJapanese ArtsArts japonaisArts, Japanese.

Other Editions

  • Traditional Japanese arts and culture: an illustrated sourcebookUniversity of Hawaii Press2006-01-01

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