Japan; a history in art /
Series: Gemini booksPublication details: New York, Simon and Schuster, ©1964.Description: 295 pages color illustrations, color map, color portraits 33 cmISBN:- 0385032404
- 9780385032407
- N7350 .S65 1964
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | N 7350 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0003558 |
Includes bibliographical references (page 295).
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the history of Japan / Marius B. Jansen -- Introduction to the art of Japan / 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.
Paintings, sculpture, and graphics documenting the development of Japan from prehistoric times through the emergence of modern Japan.
The history of Japan through twenty centuries.