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Architecture

Japanese wookblock prints from the Sweet Briar Collection. Sweet Briar, Va.: Sweet Briar College, 1989.
[Illustrations of wood block prints from 12 artists from 1740-1880. 12 b & w plates]
NE1310.J37 1989

Kurokawa, Kisho, 1934- . Kisho Kurokawa: from meabolism to symbiosis. London: Academy editions; New York: St Martin's Press, 1992.
[20th century Japanese architecture is explained by the architect through the explanation of the design process and use of regional traditions. Includes numerous sketches, color and b & w photographs.]
NA1559.K82A4 1992

Murasawa, Fumio. Treasures of Japanese Architecture; Castles. Tokyo: Shokoku-Sha, 1962.
[Text in English and Japanese. Contains b & w and color photographs, and b & w plans and diagrams.]
xNA1550.M8

Nute, Kevin, 1958- . Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan : the role of traditional Japanese art and architecture in the work of Frank Llyod Wright. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993.
[The influences of Japanese art and architecture in Wright's work is examined. Contains many illustrations and b & w photographs.]
NA737.W7N88 1993

Taut, Bruno, 1880- . Houses and People of Japan. Tokyo: Sanseido Co., Ltd., 1958.
[Includes descriptions of various aspects of Japanese culture. Profusely illustrated with b & w drawings and diagrams, as well as with b & w photographs and tipped-in color plates.]
NA1550.T32 1958


Art, General

Arts Council of Great Britain. Art treasures from Japan: an exhibition of paintings and sculpture, the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 July to 17 August. London: The Arts Council, 1958.
[A wide variety of Japanese representational art is displayed to dispel the myth that decrotive art is a mere craft. A brief history tells about the Chinese and Buddhist influences over Japanese art.]
N7350.A7

Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838-1925. The Ornamental Arts of Japan. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882-84. 2 v.
[The library has two copies. Vol. 1: Drawing, painting, engraving, printing, embroidery, textile fabrics, and lacquer; Vol. 2: Incrusted-work, metalwork, cloisonne and champleve enamel, modelling and carving, and heraldry. Filled with b & w and color plates and b & w illustrations. An index is included.]
xNK1484.A83 1882

Chicago. Art Institute. Ryerson Library. Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago, by Kenji Toda. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, 1931.
[An important bibliographic resource. Contains several b & w plates.]
Z1023.C53

Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867- . Japanese art. Boston: L.C. Page & co., 1903.
[History of Japanese art from archaic period to the modern day. Shows leading schools including religious, feudal, renaissance, realistic, ornamental and others. 22 b & w illustrations.]
N7350.H33

Japanese Art. Edited by Harold Gould Henderson, Robert Treat Paine, Jr.. Newton, Mass.: University Prints, (no date).
[Series O, the Archaic Period through the Tokugawa Period. A nine page index lists the 150 b & w plates.]
N7325.J34

Kidder, Jonathan Edward. Japanese Temples: Sculpture, Paintings, Gardens, and Architecture. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha; Amsterdam: H. Abrams, 1964.
[The Japanese temple is examined as a "creative center, thereby providing a religious and artistic history of Japan." The text covers the introduction of Buddhist buildings and their construction (with detailed drawings), along with the evolution of styles (e.g. twin pagoda, Esoteric, Amida, Zen). The book also contains commentaries on 14 temples (with each commentary containing plate notes and glossaries), as well as b & w illustrations and a few color plates. Bibliography in English, French, and Japanese.]
xN7350.K442

Kokuho (National Treasure of Japan). Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1963-1967.
[Each of the 6 cased volumes contains 2 books. The first contains Japanese text with a list of illustrations, a brief summary, and plate notes in English. The second book, which is bound in the traditional manner with exotic materials, contains color and b & w plates with descriptive headings in both Japanese and English. Volume contents: 1) Protohistoric, Asuka, and Nara Periods; 2) Heian Period (8th-11th centuries); 3) 11th-12th centuries; 4) Kamakura Period (12th-14th centuries); 5) Late Kamakura Period (13th-14th centuries); 6) Nambokucho, Muromachi, Momoyama, and Edo Periods (14th-19th centuries).]
xN7350.K6

Kokuho Daijiten. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1985-.
[Five volumes in Japanese text with b & w and color illustrations. Bound in traditional Japanese manner with exotic materials. Index. Volume contents: 1) Kaiga/henshu Hamada Takashi; 2) Chokoku/henshu Nishikawa Kyotaro; 3) Shoseki tenseki/henshu Yamamoto Shinkichi; 4) Kogei, koko/henshu Kitamura Tetsuro; 5) Kenzobutsu/henshu Suzuki Kakichi.]
N7353.K617

Le Japon Artistique. Documents d'Art et d'Industrie Reunis per S. Bing. Vols. 1-3, May 1888-April 1891. Paris. 3 v.
[Bound periodicals on various facets of Japanese art. Text in French. Contains b & w and color plates, illustrations, etc..]
N8.J3

March, Benjamin, 1899-1934. China and Japan in our museums, by Benjamin March... with an introduction by Frederick P. Keppel. Chicago: The University of Chicago press, 1929.
[A catalog that explores the Chinese and Japanese works of art found in the United States. 12 b & w illustrations.]
N7337.M3 1929

Matsuoka, Asa, 1893- . Sacred Treasures of Nara in "Shoso-in" & "Kasuga Shrine." Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1935.
[Illustrated with b & w plates.]
NK1071.M47

Minamoto, Hoshu, 1895- . An illustrated history of Japanese art, by H. Ninamoto. Translated from the Japanese by Harold G. Henderson. Kyoto, K. Hoshimo, 1935.
[Japanese art is represented from the Archaic period through the 1880's in a wide variety of mediums. Many color and b & w plates and illustrations.]
N7350.M67

Museum of Madern Art. The new Japanese painting and sculpture; an exhibition. Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966.
[Modern 20th century paintings and sculpture with an introduction which explains the history of art in Japan to present day techniques. Many colored and b & w plates included, with a short biography of the 46 artists featured.]
N7358.N4

Naito, Toichiro, 1897-1939. The Wall Paintings of Horyuji. Translated and edited by William Reynolds Beal Acker and Benjamin Rowland, Jr.. Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc., 1943.
[Discusses objects as well as paintings. Vol. 1: Text, bibliography, index; Vol. 2: Portfolio of b & w plates of paintings, objects, and temple plans.]
ND2851.N3

Nara Rokudaiji Taikan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1968- . 14 v.
[Temples and their art. Text in Japanese. Vols. 1-5: Horyuji; Vol. 6: Yakushiji; Vols. 7-8: Kofukuji; Vols. 9-11: Todaiji; Vols. 12-13: Toshodaiji; Vol. 14: Saidaiji. Temples shown in b & w and color plates, with plate lists in English and Japanese.]
xN7357.N3N3

Shosoin Jimusho, Nara, Japan. Shosoin Bomotsu. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun-sha, 1960-1964.
[Three volume set, each containing two books each. The first is the text (Japanese), with list of plates and plate notes in English. The second book contains all color tipped-in plates, with headings in both Japanese and English. Volume contents: 1) The Middle Section; 2) The South Section; 3) The North Section.]
xN7352.S48

Taut, Bruno, 1880- . Houses and People of Japan. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Sanseido Co., Ltd., 1958.
[Includes descriptions of various aspects of Japanese culture. Profusely illustrated with b & w drawings and diagrams, as well as with b & w photographs and tipped-in color plates. This source is excellent in providing an inclusive view of the intimate and subtle relationship between ceremony and art in Japan.]
NA1550.T32 1958

Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku. Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku Zohin Zuroku. Tokyo: Do Daigaku, Showa 51, 1976-1980. 3 v.
[Catalogs of Japanese 2-D art (includes some Western art). Text in Japanese. Contains b & w illustrations and color plates. Vol. 1: 10th-19th century; Vol. 2: 19th and 20th centuries.]
xN7352.T575

Webb, Peter, 1941- . The Erotic Arts. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983.
[Contains one chapter on Japan. Illustrated.]
NX650.E7W4 1983


Ceramics

Ogata, Kenzan. Kenzan Myosekifu. Tokyo: Shurakusha, 1940.
[Painting, ceramics, and calligraphy attributed to artist Kenzan. Text in Japanese, with guard sheet plate captions in English and Japanese. Portfolio of b & w and color plates.]
xxND1059.O35A2

Sato, Nasahiko, 1925- . Kyoyaki. English. Kyoto ceramics. Translated and adapted by Anne Ono Towle and Usher P. Coolidge. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
[A history of Kyoto ceramics and its techniques. Contains a 110 color and b & w illustrations, and a glossary of terms.]
NK4168.K86S2713 1973


Description, Travel, and History

Akiyama, Aisaburo. Sights of Old Capital. Tokyo: 1919.
[Guidebook to Kyoto. B & w photographs, and tipped-in color plates. Bound in traditional Japanese manner.]
DS897.K8A5

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke, 1892-1927. Hell screen ("Jigoku hen") and other stories. Translated from the Japanese by W. H. H. Norman. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1971.
[Four short stories depicting Japanese life. 2 color plates 1 b & w illustration.]
PL801.K8513 1971

Alexander, Lamar. Friends, Japanese and Tennesseans: A Model of U.S.-Japan Cooperation / Lamar Alexander. Photographs by Robin Hood. 1st ed. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha, International, 1986.
[Includes color photographs of Japan and its people.]
E183.8.J3A44 1986

Archibald Stevens Alexander Library. Griffis Collection. As We Saw Them: Westerners Interpret Japan, 1853-1912. An Exhibit of Materials from Special Collections, Alexander Library, December 6, 1980-March 15, 1981, Exhibit and Catalogue Prepared by Clark L. Beck and Ardath W. Burks. New Brunswick: Rutgers University, 1980?.
[Contains b & w photographs and illustrations.]
DS822.3.A7 1980

Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird, 1831-1904. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels on Horseback in the Interior. New York: Putnam's, 1881.
[A two volume set, which also includes an account of "Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Ise." The author offers a narrative of her travels in Japan and an account of the social life and customs of its people. The text is composed of letters the author wrote while travelling and is supplemented by Japanese photographs. With the exception of three illustrations by a Japanese artist, the illustrations are engravings of the author's own sketches. The appendices contain an itinerary, a folding map, a glossary of Aino words, notes on Shinto, financial and import tables, and an index (at the end of vol. 2).]
DS809.B61

Broughton, William Robert, 1762-1821. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. Amsterdam, N. Israel; New York: Da Capo Press, 1967.
[Facsimile of the 1804 imprint. Contains folding maps and panoramic coastal views.]
DS506.B87 1967

Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930. The new America and the Far East. Boston: Marshall Jones company, c1910. 10 v.
[A history of travel throughout Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan, China, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Alaska. Illustrated by over 1400 color plates, engravings, photographs, and maps.]
DS508.B82

Caiger, G. Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature, Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival. Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1933.
[Contains a description of festivals, and b & w photographs and folding color plates of dolls used to illustrate festival activities. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
DS825.C3

Dickson, Walter G. Japan. New York, P. F. Collier, 1898.
[History of Japan. Describes Imperial Family and court. History of various governments. Discusses the foriegn policy of new Japan and the war with China. Includes few illustrations.]
DS835.D52

Furse, Raymonk. Japan: an invitation. Tokyo; Rutland Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle, 1991-92.
[An introduction to Japan's life style, religion and history with color photographs throughout.]
DS806.F87 1992

Greenbie, Sydney, 1889- . The romantic East; India ,Indo-China, China and Japan. New York, R. M. McBride & co., 1930.
[Description of author's travels through India, Indo-China, China and Japan. Includes detailed accounts with b & w photographs on the back of both covers.]
DS9.G7

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., 1894.
[This two volume set explores such topics as Japanese religion, superstition, and ways of thought. Index.]
DS809.H43

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. "Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New Japan. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., 1985.
[Text contains the author's retrospectives on his dwelling and travels in Japan, and the social life and beliefs of its people.]
DS809.H445

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. In Ghostly Japan. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1899.
[This book examines folk-lore, Buddhism, social life and customs of the Japanese. The text contains illustrative drawings, as well as 4 full-page b & w plates.]
DS809.H435

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. The writings of Lafcadio Hearn. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin company, 1922. 16 v.
[Comprehensive set, illustrated with tipped-in color plates.]
PS1915.A2 1922

Hearn, Setsu (Koizumi). Reminiscences of Lafcadio Hearn, by Setsuko Koizumi (Mrs. Hearn) tr. from Japanese by Paul Kiyoshi Hisada and Frederick Johnson. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.
[An account of the author's life in Japan with her husband, Lafcadio.]
PS1918.H4 1918

Houghton, Ross C. Women of the Orient: an account of the religious, intellectual, and social condition of women in Japan, China, India, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey. Cincinnati, Hitchcock and Walden; New York, Nelson and Phillips, 1877.
[The personal observations of the author and information drawn from reliable sources comprise this book. Contains b & w illustrations from photographs taken by English and native artists. Text is followed by index.]
HQ1170.H8

Introducing Kyoto. Tokyo: Kodansha International; New York: distributed in the United States through Harper & Row, 1979.
[Color plates help tell the history and present day story of the Japanese ancient capital.]
DS897.K83I57

Japan. Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Japan in the beginning of the 20th century. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1904.
[A 1904 discussion of the geography, population, history, and economy of 20th century Japan.]
HC462.J36 1904

Japan. Tetsudoin. An official guide to eastern Asia; trans-continental connections between Europe and Asia. Tokyo: 1913-1915. 4 v.
[A travel guide of eastern Asia covering Manchuria, Japan, Korea, and China. Includes color plates, b & w illustrations, and fold out maps.]
DS504.I6

James, I, King of Great Britain, 1566-1625. A Royal Request for Trade. A Letter of King James I to the Emperor of Japan, Placed in Its Historical Setting by David Harris Willson. St. Paul, Minn.: North Central Publishing Company, 1960?.
[Includes a map of the South Pacific as it appeared at the time (late 16th century), and a folded reproduction of the original letter in a pocket inside the back cover.]
DS849.G7J3

Kaempfer, Englebert, 1651-1716. Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Ecclesiastique de l'Empire du Japon. A La Haye: Chez P. Gosse, & J. Neaulme, 1729. 2 v.
[Text in French. Vol. 1: Preceding the text are many maps, some folding; plans of cities and temples; engravings of wildlife, mythological beasts, views of the country, etc.. Also includes tables of characters. Vol. 2: Text, with appendices and index.]
xDS808.K13

Lacombe, Jean de, fl. 1676. A Compendium of the East. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937.
[Contains b & w engravings and photographs.]
DS411.1.L32

Landy, Pierre. The Japan I love... . New York: Tudor Publishing co., c1965.
[Includes many b & w photographs of the country, the people, and their traditions.]
DS811.L2513 1966

Lawrence, James B. China and Japan, and a Voyage Thither: An Account of a Cruise in the Waters of the East Indies, China, and Japan. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, & Brainard, 1870.
[The personal observations of the author in his "letters" comprise this book. Contains b & w illustrations and an itinerary.]
DS507.L42

Mombusho. Japan. Pub. by the Dai Nippon Tosho Kabushiki Kwaisha, by order of the department of Education. Printed at the Shueisha 1st Branch Office, Tokyo, 1893?.
[History of the Empire of Japan. Contains great fold out map of Japan in Provinces. Also contains fold out plan of "Heian-Kyo", numerous illustrations and some photographs.]
DS831.J46

The National Diet of Japan. Tokyo: Sangiin, Sheowa 50, 1975.
[English text. Various color and b & w photographs of various government buildings and floor plans.]
JQ1654.N536 1975

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 . Washington: Beverly Tucker, Senate Printer, 1856.
[Contains numerous b & w illustrations, and color lithograph plates, as well as three maps (two of which are folding), and three facsimiles of Japanese prints (two by Hiroshige, one unidentified).]
DS809.P45 1856

Prevost, Antoine Francois, called Prevost d'Exiles, 1697-1763. Histoire Generale des Voyages . Haye: P. de Hondt, 1747- . 18 v. and 2 suppl. v.
[Text in French. Vols. 7-9: China; Vol. 8: Korea; Vol. 14: Japan. Contains several b & w maps, views, and illustrations in folding format.]
G160.P94

Tavernier, Jean Baptist, Baron d'Aubonne, 1605-1689. Receuil de Plusiers Relations et Traitez Singuliers & Curieux . Suivant la copie, imprimee a Paris, 1692.
[Text in French. Contains an excellent folding map of Japan, which precedes a discussion in pages 1-53.]
DS411.5.T28 1692

Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, Baron d'Aubonne, 1605-1689. Les Six Voyages de Jean Bapt. Tavernier, Ecuyer Baron d'Aubonne,... . A la Haye: Henri Scheurleer, 1718. 3 v. (2 pts. each).
[Text in French. Vol. 3, part 2: Discusses Batavia (W. Java) and includes a few illustrations.]
DS411.5.T14

Seward, Jack. Hara Kiri; Japanese Ritual Suicide. Rutland: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1968.
[Discusses the Japanese method of self destruction practiced by the samurai warriors. Includes a bibliography, glossary, and an index . B & w plates depict the samurai seppuku ceremony.]
HV6548.J3S4

Terasaki, Gwen (Harold). Bridge to the Sun. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1957.
[The author's personal narrative of experiences in Japan during World War II.]
DS885.5.T4T4


Painting and Calligraphy

Akiyoshi, Zentaro, ed. Daimyodochu. Tokyo: Tokoen, 1918.
[Facsimile reproductions of paintings. Text in Japanese. Printed on both sides of traditional expandable leaves. Bound in traditional Japanese manner.]
ND1053.5.A4

Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. The Sketchbooks of Hiroshige. Introduction and Commentaries on the Plates by Sherman E. Lee; Foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin. New York: G. Braziller, 1984. 2 v.
[Facsimile reproductions of ink paintings reproduced from two sketchbooks by Hiroshige in the Crosby Stuart Noyes Collection in the Library of Congress. Printed on traditional expandable leaves. A description of each scene follows the plates.]
ND2073.A48A4 1984

Boston. Museum of Fine Arts. Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Japanese Screen Paintings: Birds, Flowers and Animals; from the Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Robert T. Paine, Jr.. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1935.
[Portfolio containing a thirty page text, and b & w plates showing the screens in their entirety. Text includes a description of the plates.]
xND1053.B

Grilli, Elise. The Art of the Japanese Screen. New York: Walker/Weatherhill in collaboration with Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, Tokyo, 1970.
[Text covers six masterworks of Japanese screen painting, the screen as a medium, and a brief history. Illustrated with b & w and tipped-in color plates. Also includes appendices, a glossary, a bibliography (English and Japanese), and an index.]
xND1053.G75

Higashiyama suibokuga/ (henshu Kuwamura Kensan). Domei Tsushinsha. Tokyo, Showa 48, 1973.
[Portfolios of Japanese artists (1185-1600). Contains ink paintings and watercolor paintings. 2 v. 135 plates in 10 folios. Vol. 1 contains an explanatory booklet. Entirely in Japanese.]
xxND2071.H53

In sho ha ga roku. Kyoto: Hayashi Shisuke Shoten: Fushi Hara Shun Ho Do, Showa 8 (i.e. 1933).
[All illustrations, some color. Some calligraphy. Bound in traditional Japanese manner.]
ND1052.I52

Japanese Watercolors. By Various Artists. Japan, 19--.
[Original watercolors issued without title page or text. Painted on traditional expandable leaves. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
ND2071.J3

Kakuyu, 1053-1140. Choju-Gija: Scrolls of Animal Caricatures. Adapted by Shigetaka Kaneko from the Japanese text by Hideo Okudiara. Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1969.
[Facsimile. Part 1: Text, b & w photographs of Scrolls B, C, and D; Part 2: Facsimile of Scroll A, mounted in traditional expandable leaves.]
ND1053.S64

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga, edited by James A. Michener. Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1960. [Contains
b & w and color illustrations on traditional double leaves. Bound in traditional Japanese manner.]
NE1325.K3M47

Kleykamp Galleries, New York. The Japanese Moderns: exhibition, February 28th through March 28th, MCMXXIV / Jan Kleykamp Galleries, 1926.
[Illustrations of paintings done in watercolors on silk or paper. Paintings adhere to the rules of old Japan but are vitalized by modern spirit; some of the painters were students of the Kyoto school.]
ND1055.K54

Morrison, Arthur, 1863-1945. The Painters of Japan. London & Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1911.
[Following an introduction to Japanese painting, there are subsequent chapters about different schools (beginning with the early periods through the Kishi School, and later minor schools). Text accompanied by many color tipped-in plates and several b & w plates. This two volume set contains an index at the end of vol. 2.]
xND1050.M6

Nara, Japan. Horyuji Monastery. Wall Paintings in the Kondo. Horyuji Monastery. Kyoto: Benrido Press, 1951.
[Text in English and Japanese. Twenty-four page introduction by Ichimatsu Tanaka. Portfolio of large b & w and color plates.]
xxND1053.N38

Nihon Byobue Shusei. Henshu Takeda Tsuneo, Yamane Yuzo, Yoshikawa Chu. Tokyo: Kodansha, Showa 52- , 1977.
[Vol. 4 and Vol. 12 only. Text in Japanese. English translation of title page tipped in: Nippon Byobu-e Shusei (Complete Collection of Paintings on Screens Arranged by Subjects). Contains b & w and color plates. Vol. 4: Jimbutsuga: Kangakei Jimbutsu (Chinese style figure painting). Vol. 12: Fuzokuga: Kobu Fuzoku (customs and manners paintings, those of samurai warriors and battle scenes).]
xND1053.N46

Nihon Emakimono Zenshu (Japanese Scroll Paintings). Tokyo: Kadokawa Pub. Co., 1958-1969.
[A 24 volume set with Japanese text. English summary and plate notes. B & w and tipped-in color plates contain descriptive notes in both English and Japanese. Volume contents: 1) Genji Monogatari Emaki; 2) Shigisan Engi; 3) Choju Giga, Scrolls of Frolicking Animals; 4) Ban Dainagon E-Kotoba; 5) Kokawa-dera Engi-e and Kibi Daijin Nitto-e; 6) Scrolls of Hells, Scrolls of Hungry Ghosts, and Scrolls of Diseases; 7) Kegon Engi; 8) Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki; 9) About the Heiji Monogatari Emaki and the Moko Shurai Ekotoba; 10) Life of Ippen; 11) Saigyo Monogatari Emaki and Taima Mandara Engi; 12) Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki and Makura No Soshi Emaki; 13) The "48 Scroll E-den" and the Chion-in Temple; 14) The Biographical Story of Priest Hsuan-Chuang; 15) Kasuga Gongen Genki-e; 16) E Inga-kyo; 17) About the Monogatari Emaki; 18) Obusuma Saburo Emaki, Haseo Soshi, Eshi No Soshi, Juni-rui Kassen Emaki, Fukutomi Soshi and Dojo-ji Engi Emaki; 19) Sanjuroku Kassen E; 20) The Zenshin Shonin-e and the Boki-e; 21) Tosei-den Emaki (Ganjin's Eastern Expedition); 22) Ishiyama-dera Engi Emaki; 23) About the Yugyo Shonin Engi-e; 24) missing.]
xND1053.J3

Norihashi, Shamboku. Ehon Tehagami. Osaka: Maegawa Buneido, 1720. 6 v.
[Volumes 3-6 contain a commentary on painting. Text on rice paper, in Japanese. B & w copies of masterpieces. Bound in traditional Japanese manner. For more information, see Ryerson catalog (Z 1023 .C53) p. 320.]
N7350.N67

Ogata, Kenzan. Kenzan Myosekifu. Tokyo: Shurakusha, 1940.
[Portfolio of painting, ceramics, and calligraphy attributed to artist Kenzan shown in b & w and color plates. Text in Japanese, with guardsheet plate captions in English and Japanese.]
xxND1059.O35A2

Painting of the Kano School: Commemorative Catalogue of the Special Exhibition. Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1981.
[Painting from the 13th-19th centuries shown in b & w illustrations, b & w and color plates. Text in Japanese, with foreword and list of plates in English.]
xND1053.44.K35P3 1981

Petrucci, Raphael, 1872-1917. La Philosophie de la Nature dans l'Art d'Extreme-Orient. Illustre d'Apres les Originaux des Maitres de Paysage des Vllle au XVlle Siecles de Quatre Gravures sur Bois de K. Egawa et S. Izumi... . Paris: H. Laurens, 1910.
[Philosophy of Far Eastern art. Text in French. B & w plates and color tipped-in plates of landscape paintings.]
xND1366.P4

Rawson, Philip S. Erotic Art of the East. Introd. by Alex Comfort. New York: Putnam, 1968.
[Painting, sculpture, ceramics, etc., shown in b & w and color plates.]
N7260.R35

Sesshu, 1420-1506. Long Scroll: a Zen Landscape Journey. With introduction and commentary by Reiko Chiba. Tokyo; Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle, 1959.
[Facsimile of the painter's acknowledged masterpiece. Printed on traditional expandable leaves. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
ND1059.S5A5

Soga Jasoku. Minamoto Toyomune; Henshu Seisaku Zauho Kankokai. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1980. ? v.
[Vol. 3 only. Painting, between Kamakura and Edo periods (1185-1868). Text in Japanese. B & w illustrations, b & w and color plates.]
xND1053.4.S65

Suibokuga. Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1970. 3 v.
[Vol. 1, 2 pertain to Japan. Text in Japanese with list of plates and plate captions in English. Contains tipped-in, folding plates. Bound in traditional Japanese manner.]
xND1037.S85

Suzuki, Juzo, 1919- . Utagawa Hiroshige. Tokyo: The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1970.
[Text in Japanese, with English preface, and catalog of plates. Contains b & w illustrations, and b & w and color plates, some of which are folding.]
NE1325.A5S79

Tajima, Shiichi, 1869- . ed. Sesshu Gashu. Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, 1909-1910. 2 v. [Paintings by Sesshu; b & w and color plates. Text in Japanese. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
xxND1050.T3

The Tale of Genji Scroll. Translated by Ivan Morris; Introduction by Yoshinobu Tokugawa. Tokyo, Palo Alto, Calif.: Kodansha International, 1971.
[Facsimile. Contains tipped-in color plates of text and painted illustrations. Bound with exotic materials.]
xxND1059.6.G4G413

Ukiyoe zenshu. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo,1956-58. 6 v.
[Japanese text, collection of Japanese painting. Each volume contains many color and b & w plates.]
NE1310.U37


Prints

Amsden, Dora, 1858- . Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the School of the Japanese Colourprint Artists. San Francisco: P. Elder, 1905.
[Contains b & w illustrations and plates. Printed on traditional double leaves folded once. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials. Housed in a decorative box.]
NE1310.A4 1905

Hajek, Lubor. Harunobu. Text by Lubor Hajek; reproductions by W. and B. Forman. Translated by Hedda Vesela Stranska. London: Spring Books, 1958?.
[Represents chiefly the works of Harunobu and Koryusai, with lesser emphasis on Bunsho, Shunso, Shigemasa, and Kiyonaga, whose works are shown in b & w illustrations and color plates. Bound in traditional Japanese manner.]
NE1310.H34

Hawley, Willis Meeker, 1896- . Prints by Hiroshige: Title Panels, Signatures and Publisher's Marks for the Identification of the Principal Series. Compiled and published by W.M. Hawley; research by J.D. Metzgar. Hollywood, Cal.: Hawley, 1947. [Double oversize sheet, 58 x 59 cm., folded down to 22.5 x 17 cm. to facilitate shelving.]
NE1325.A5H39

Hirano, Chie, 1879-1939. Kiyonaga; a Study of His Life and Works, with a Portfolio of Plates in Color and Collotype, by Chie Hirano. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1939.
[Text includes a descriptive catalog of prints, paintings and book illustrations by Kiyonaga. B & w plates, and tipped-in color plates (some folding) contained separately in portfolio.]
xNE1325.T63H5

Holme, C. Geoffrey,1887-1954. Glimpses of old Japan from Japanese colour prints; landscape. London, The Studio, limited; New York, The Studio Publications, Inc. 1936.
[Purpose of illustrations is to take us back to old Japan before it became westernized. Mounted plate illustrations from Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Artists: Hiroshige, Yeisen, Hokusai.]
NE1310.H62

Holme, C. Geoffrey, 1887-1954. Glimpses of old Japan from Japanese colour prints; birds and
flowers.
London, The Studio, limited; New York, The Studio Publications, Inc. 1936.
[Gives descriptions of birds and flowers in Japan. Some explanation of how the two are related in the mounted color plates. Artists: Keinen, Baire, Sugakudo, Hiroshige, Hokusai.]
NE1310.H63

Japan. Dept. of Imperial Household Affairs. Koto Myogi: Bijitsu Nishiki-e Cho. Tokyo: Matsugi Hirayoshi, 1898.
[Splendors of the Imperial Capital: a Collection of Art Prints. Contains Japanese title page and plates in folding format. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
ND1053.J4

Kitagawa, Utamaro. Utamaro, a Chorus of Birds. With an Introduction by Julia Meech-Pekarik; and a Note on Kyoka and Translations by James T. Kenney. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Viking Press, 1981.
[Reproduction in facsimile size and in folding format of the artist's original Momo-chidori kyoka awase in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art. Contains color plates and b & w illustrations. Poems (kyoka) follow the plate section.]
NE1325.K5M44

Kuniyoshi, Iqusa. Prints. Tokyo: Yamamotya Heikichi, 1848?.
[Scenes from "Lives of the Taiheiki Heroes." Taiheiki (Chronicle of great peace) was written in the 14th century. Text in Japanese. Each sheet bears the artist's signature, publisher's mark and censor's seal. Fifty color prints in folding format. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
MS-1260

Migeon, Gaston, 1861-1930. ...Japanese Colour Prints, ... XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. Paris: A. Morance, 1923.
[Portfolio containing text (in French) and b & w and color plates.]
NE1310.M54

New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Japanese Prints: Ten Reproductions: Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, Katsushika Shunso, Toshusai Sharaku, Kitagawa Utamaro. New York, 1949.
[Portfolio of color reproductions.]
xNE 1310 .N42

Noguchi, Yone. 1875- . Hiroshige. New York: Orientalia, 1921.
[Contains b & w collotype illustrations, and a tipped-in color frontispiece. Bound in traditional manner.]
NE1325.A5N62

Robinson, B. W. (Basil William). Kuniyoshi, the Warrior Prints. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1982.
[Catalog of prints shown b & w and color plates. B & w illustrations precede catalog.]
NE1325.U78A4 1982

Seidlitz, Woldemar von, 1850-1922. A History of Japanese Colour-Prints, by W. von Seidlitz with illustrations in colour and b & w. London: W. Heinemann, 1910.
[Color plates are accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.]
NE1310.S3 1910a

Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo. Process of Wood-Cut Printing. Tokyo: (publisher unknown), 1907.
[Step-by-step illustration of the process. Printed on one side of double leaves folded once in traditional Japanese manner.]
NE1310.S4 1904

Stewart, Basil, 1880- . Subjects Portrayed in Japanese Colour-Prints; a collector's guide to all the subjects illustrated, including an exhaustive account of the Chushingura and other famous plays, together with a causerie on the Japanese theatre, by Basil Stewart; illustrated with reproductions of over 270 prints from the author's collection and other sources: 22 in colour. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1922.
[Some of the b & w and color plates are folding.]
xNE1310.S75

Suzuki, Juzo. 1919- . Utagawa Hiroshige. Tokyo: The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1970.
[Text in Japanese, with English preface, and catalogue of plates. B & w illustrations, b & w and color plates, some of which are folding.]
NE1325.A5S79

Yoshida, Kogoro, 1902- . Tanrokubon, rare books of seventeenth century Japan. Foreword and synoposes by Ryushin Natsumoto; translated and adapted by Mark A Harbison. 1st ed. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha international; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United States by Harper & Row, 1984.
[Tanrokubon were rare books with wood block illustrations colored individually by hand. Gives history & traditional styles of Tanrokubon. Explains its role in literature. Gives illustrations and synopsis of texts. All plates in color. Has glossary, bibliography, and index.]
Z186.J3Y68


Sculpture

Hurtig, Bernard, 1928- . Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. 1st ed. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
[Miniature sculpture tradition shown in color plates. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
NK6050.H87



Textiles

Catalogue of girdles for Noh dancers.
[No text; Large color plates of hand-stitched patterns for girdles. No date. In Japanese]
xGT1560.C3

Haags Gemeentemuseum. Ed Japanse kimono: ziel van een volk. Hague: Gemeentemuseum, 1958.
[Dutch text, various b & w illustrations and color plates. Kimonos -- textiles and fabrics.]
NK8884.H3

Joyo Chiyeram Mokuroku, by Harunobu? (or Sukenobu). Japan?, ca. 1740.
[A manual describing and depicting women's accessories with calligraphic text and monochrome woodblock illustrations.]
MS-539

Kongow, Iwao. The later works of the costume of no play in Japan. Toyko: Meiji-shobo, 1935.
[No text, 50 color plates of Japanese costumes.]
NK4784.K6

Muyato Sarasa. Kyoto: Geichikudo, 1917. 3 v.
[Textile fabric designs. Text of four pages in Japanese. Volumes contain original color designs. Bound in traditional
Japanese manner.]
NK8805.M8

No Costumes. Japan: (publisher unknown), between 1900 and 1946.
[Portfolio of b & w and color plates with the first plate being a list of period names and dates.]
GT1745.J3N6

Roman isho ten: the impact of romantic clothing: evolution of fashion, 1835-1895. Kyoto: Kyoto Costume Institute, c1980.
[Japanese text, with English introduction. Color and b & w photographs and illustrations.]
GT595.R64

Soma, Hiroshi. Kabuki-Isho to Funsho. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1957.
[Costumes and actors shown in tipped-in color plates; and in b & w photographs and illustrations.]
PN2921.S6

Tilke, Max, 1869-1942. Kostumschnitte und Gewandformen; eine Ubersicht der Kostumschnitte und Gewandformen aller Zeiten und Volker bom Altertum bis zur Neuzeit. Tubingen: E. Wasmuth, 1945.
[German text, 128 plates, includes the history of costumes throughout many countries of the world.]
GT513.T5

Uemura, Rokuro, 1894- . Old Art Treasures from Japan's Needles and Looms. Translated by Shiho Sakanishi. Kyoto: Korinsha Co., 1949.
[Portfolio containing a text of 13 pages along with tipped-in color plates, numbered 1-50 (2, 26, 28, and 43 are missing). Included is an interesting print of two women at a loom. Bound with exotic materials.]
xxNK 8884 .U313


Other

Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Hiroshige's Tokaido in prints and poetry. Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle, c1957.
[Japanese poetry translated into English, accompanied with color illustrations.]
NE1325.A5A4 1957

Asano, Kiichi, 1914- . Sagano. (jo Osaragi Jiro; shashin Asano Kiichi; bun Matsumoto Seicho... et al.). Kyoto-shi: Mitsumura Suiko Shoin, Showa 46, 1971.
[In Japanese. Contains wonderful color photographs of Japan.]
xDS897.K86S23 1971

Beck, Lily (Moresby) Adams, d. 1931. The Ghost Plays of Japan. New York: The Japan Society, 1933.
[No plays. B & w and color plates, some tipped-in of No masks and costumes.]
PL735.B4

Blunden, Edmund Charles, 1896- . Japanese Garland. London: The Beaumont Press, 1928.
[Poetry. Some color illustrations.]
PR6003.L8J3 1928

Bossert, Helmuth Theodor, 1889- ed. Ornament in Applied Art. 122 Color Plates Reproducing Over 2000 Decorative Motives from the Arts of Asia... etc. New York: E. Weyhe, 1924.
[Contains color plates of designs, including those of Japan, applied in various media from Japan. Index to plates is included.]
xNK1530.B6

Bunraku No Ningyo. Kanshu Bunraku Kyokai. Tokyo: Fujingahosha, Showa 51, 1976.
[Puppets and puppet plays. Text in Japanese. Color plates and b & w illustrations. Bound with exotic materials, in publisher's slip case.]
xPN1978.J3B78

Caiger, G. Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature, Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival. Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1933.
[Contains a description of festivals, and b & w photographs and folding color plates of dolls used to illustrate festival activities. Bound in traditional Japanese manner, with exotic materials.]
DS825.C3

Goto, Seikichiro. Japanese Handmade Paper. Japan: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1953.
[Text in English and Japanese. Portfolio of tipped-in, dyed paper illustrations and tipped-in swatches of paper types.]
TS1095.J3G6

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Kotto. Traduit de l'Anglais par Joseph De Smet. Paris: Merevre de France, 1912.
[Japanese stories. Text in French. Contains b & w illustrations.]
PS1917.K62 1912

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. The writings of Lafcadio Hearn. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin company, 1922. 16 v.
[Comprehensive set, illustrated with tipped-in color plates.]
PS1915.A2 1922

Hearn, Setsu (Koizumi). Reminiscences of Lafcadio Hearn, by Setsuko Koizumi (Mrs. Hearn) tr. from Japanese by Paul Kiyoshi Hisada and Frederick Johnson. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.
[An account of the author's life in Japan with her husband, Lafcadio.]
PS1918.H4 1918

Hishida, Masao. Kuma: Hishida collection/[sekinin henshusha Hishida Masao]. Tokyo: Mitsumura suiko shoin, Showa 54, 1979.
[Illustrated vol. in Japanese. Great color plates of mask rubbings. Bound in silk on boards, in clasped slip case. Includes supplement, which contains illustrations and geneology of actors in Japan.]
xPN2068.H47

Japanese Lyrics, Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915.
[Poetry. Text in English and Japanese, on opposite pages.]
PS1917.J2 1915

Koshu, Tsujii. Japanese orthodox flower arrangement. New York: Yamanaka & co., 1938.
[Includes a short explanation of Japanese flower arrangements. 50 color plates.]
SB449.K682 1938

Soma, Hiroshi. Kabuki-Isho to Funsho. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1957.
[Costumes and actors shown in tipped-in color plates; and in b & w photographs and illustrations.]
PN2921.S6

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 1870-1966. Zen and Japanese Buddhism. 2d ed. Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1961.
[Explantion of Zen and Japanese Buddhism. Covering history, development, the practice of Zen, its parts and its surrounding culture.]
BQ9262.9.J2S79

Taut, Bruno, 1880- . Houses and People of Japan. Tokyo: Sanseido Co., Ltd., 1958.
[Includes descriptions of various aspects of Japanese culture. Profusely illustrated with b & w drawings and diagrams, as well as with b & w photographs and tipped-in color plates.]
NA1550.T32 1958

Yoshida, Kogoro, 1902- . Tanrokubon. Rare Books of Seventeenth-Century Japan/ Kogoro Yoshida; foreword and synopses by Ryushin Matsumoto; translated and adapted by Mark A. Harbinson. 1st ed. Tokyo; New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
[Issued on double-sized paper folded once in traditional Japanese manner. Includes color and b & w illustrations.]
Z186.J3Y68 1984


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