BK61 - Book of The Concise History of Japanese Art 日本美術史
BK61 - Book of The Concise History of Japanese Art 日本美術史
A richly illustrated Japanese reference book exploring the development of Japanese art from ancient times through the modern era. Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha (美術出版社) and supervised by renowned Japanese art historian Nobuo Tsuji (辻惟雄), this expanded and redesigned edition was first published in 2003.
Designed as an accessible visual history, the book introduces the major periods and movements of Japanese art through painting, sculpture, Buddhist art, architecture, ceramics, crafts, and other artistic traditions. Nearly 300 works are reproduced in full colour, accompanied by historical explanations that place each work within the broader development of Japanese culture.
The book also includes a fold-out chronology of Japanese art, reference material and explanations of specialist terminology, making it particularly useful for students, collectors and anyone interested in understanding the evolution of Japanese aesthetics.
The striking cover features imagery drawn from Japanese art history, including a detail of a traditional shishi (lion) screen painting, contrasted with the iconic Tower of the Sun (太陽の塔) by Tarō Okamoto—beautifully suggesting the book's journey from classical to modern Japanese art.
Size: 15 x 27cm
247 pages
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