Search Results: Japan from Diatrope Books

Arts and Design of Japan, 1988. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. 77 items listed with small thumbnail B/W illustrations. All items priced. Bibliography. Artists include Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Eisen and others.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Chronology. A look at the art in The Sackler Galleries for Asian Art when this space opened in 1987. 56pp. Color illustrations. Topics include Japan before Buddhism, Shinto and Buddhist Art, Narrative painting in Japan, and more.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1970. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Exhibition Catalog. Artists include Hiroko Atarashi, Yoshishige Ikeda, Tatsuo Kondo, Hideo Mori, Yoko Toda, Shin Kamiya, and others. Illustrated in color and B/W.

Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Small remainder mark on edge. 193p. Bibliographic references. Contributors include Miyohei Shonhara, Edward J. Lincoln, Milton Klein, Oliver Yu, Masao Sakisaka, R. Sean Randolph and others.

Princeton University Press, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. New forward by Patricia G. Steinhoff. 269p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. A comprehensive picture of fertility control in Japan in the 1980s and a portrayal of the role of sex in marital relations in at least one segment of contemporary Japanese society

Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Outline of Japanese historical periods. Pronunciation guide. Covers ceramics, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, printmaking, and gardens. Bibliography. Index. 144p. Measures 7x8.75 inches.

Nippon Steel Corporation, 1985. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Some edge wear on cover. Previous owner's name on back. Illustrated. Selection of 12 articles that appeared in the Nippon Steel News between April 1982 and March 1983. Topics include popular deities of Japan, Religion in Japan, Zen and the Japanese mind, Bushido, Chanoyu, Japanese Theater, Zuihitsu, and more. Authors include Hidetoshi Kato, Kazuo Osumi, Takeshi Umehara, and others. 28p.

Seattle Art Museum, 1972. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. "Reception Room Library: University of Washington Press" stamped on front end page. Worn cover. Collected papers for a symposium in conjunction with the " One Hundred Masterpieces from Japanese Collections" exhibition. Authors include Henry Trubner, Edward Kidder, Jr., Louis A. Cort, David Rhodes, Yoshiko Kakudo, and others. 196p.

Kodansha International, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Clipped dust jacket. Catalog for exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum aimed at providing an experience of Japanese objects. Brief essays provide an understanding of the Japanese life and the variety of its material culture. Striking photographs define the style of Japan in terms of elegance, simplicity, compactness, vitality, and other qualities. Measures 10.5x10 inches. 152p.

Harvard University Press, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Copiously illustrated in black and white. A brilliantly insightful portrait of the background, culture, and values of twentieth century Japan. 443p. Suggested reading. Index.

Kodansha, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Color plates. Text in Japanese. Measures 10.5x14 inches. 28p.

London: Israel Goldman, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Loose price list. Beautiful color plates (69). Artists include Harunobu, Shuncho, Kunisada, Toyokuni, Hiroshige, Kyosai, and others. Measures 8.25 inches square.

Japanophile, 1997. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked. Label shadow on cover. Topics include does Japan need therapy?, barbers in Japan, Haiku, Miami's Japanese gardens and more. 60p. Illustrated. Measures 5.5x8.25 inches.

Kanagawa Perfectural, 1972. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Some edge wear. Beautifully illustrated in color. 48p. Measures 10.25x9.5 inches. Text in English, Spanish, and French. Kanagawa is a coastal prefecture just south of Tokyo.

The Experiment in International Living, 1984. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Title in the Intercultural Exchange Series. 42p. Printed as a supplement to Getting the Whole Picture: A Student's Field Guide to Language Acquisition and Cultural Exploration. Designed as a self-contained treatment of the country (in 1984). Bibliography.

Japan Society, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Shrink-wrapped. Dust jacket. 224p. This book presents work by 33 important New York-based Japanese artists, ranging from young, emerging talent such as Misaki Kawai and Hiroki Otsuka to established luminaries such as Yoko Ono and Ushio Shinohara. These diverse artists work in a variety of media--including video, painting, fashion, architecture, sculpture, performance, drawing, photography, and sound. Biographies and bibliographies on each artist.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Lavishly illustrated. Views of the garden and the artwork. Also includes a plan and pictorial scheme of the Ryoanji Hojo. 56p. Notes. Important examples of Momoyama figure painting from the Zen Temple of Ryoanji where they had once decorated a room facing onto a 15th century rock garden. Also includes aerial view of Kyoto.

Field Educational Publications, 1969. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Topics include people at work, people at play and people in conflict in Urban Japan in the middle of the twentieth century. Suggested readings. B/W illustrations. 64p.

Toshogu Shrine, nd. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Rice end papers, with text printed on the rice paper. Measures 9.5 inches square. Undated, appears to be published around 1970. Maps. Beautifully illustrated. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, this Shinto shrine is now a UNESCO World Heritage site and a National Treasures of Japan. Text in English and Japanese.

Washington DC: The Phillips Collection, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Catalog of a traveling exhibition held April 14, 1979-Mar. 31, 1980 at the Phillips Collection and four other galleries. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Bibliography. Foreword by Laughlin Phillips. 47p. Measures 8.25x11.75 inches.