Publisher's Synopsis
This, the second in a two-volume survey of Japanese art, covers the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-20th century. It records the appearance of a new epoch in Japanese art, one in which iconography became more prominent. The Arts of Japan' is an illustrated, two-volume survey from prehistoric times to the mid-20th century, written by an acknowledged historian of the modern era. Every field of Japanese fine art and many decorative and folk arts are covered: sculpture, painting, architecture, garden design, ceramics, lacquer ware, textiles, and swords. This edition'
