An excellent survey on Japanese art.

A useful handbook.

British connoisseur describes in detail the subject of famous Japanese color prints using 274 reproductions of works by Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Shunyei, and other masters. Bibliography. Index.

Understanding Japanese Woodblock-Printed Illustrated Booksprovides guidance for scholars, collectors, curators and librarians on evaluating, describing and cataloguing books of the Edo and Meiji periods (1603-1912). Its aim is to enhance access to and appreciation of these remarkable books.

Highly illustrated survey arranged by artist.

The radical Japanese art group Mavo roared into new arenas and new art forms during the 1920s, with work ranging from performance art to painting, book illustration, and architectural projects.

Recently the West has been inundated by a steady flow of images from manga, anime, and the video games that are a key part of today's Japanese visual culture.

Any discussion of Japanese contemporary art inevitably leads to the pop-culture fantasies of various artists.

Discusses Japan's avant-garde artists, their work, and the historical environment in which they produced it during the two most creative decades of the twentieth century, the 1950s and 1960s. This work surveys censorship and arts policy during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952).

The authors explore its many styles and genres associated with Japanese calligraphy with special attention given to technique.