Japan: A History in Art
by Smith, Bradley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0385032404
- ISBN 13
- 9780385032407
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday; A Gemini-Smith Book, 1964. Cloth, 295 pages, colour illustrations, colour map, colour portraits; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First printing. Missing DJ. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the history of Japan, by Marius B. Jansen; Introduction to the art of Japan, by Nagatake Asano; Archaic period (before 552) the beginning; Asuka period (552-710) ancient Japan; Nara period (710-794) the golden age of Buddhism; Heian period (794-1185) emerging aristocracy; Kamakura period (1185-1333) the seeds of feudalism; Muromachi period (1333-1568) the dual dynasties; Momoyama period (1568-1600) the country united; Edo-Tokugawa period (1600-1853) isolation and progress; Transition period (1853-1868) time of transition; Meiji period (1868-1912) the new Japan; The works of art; Bibliography.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Folio.
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Bibliography: p. 295.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117435
- Title
- Japan: A History in Art
- Author
- Smith, Bradley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0385032404
- ISBN 13
- 9780385032407
- Publisher
- Doubleday; A Gemini-Smith Book
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- Folio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian / Japanese; Genre & Subject / Religious / Buddhist;
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