The Arts of Japan: Ancient and Medieval

Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd, 1966. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. Bin, Takahashi. Includes publisher's slipcase and jacket. Jacket price clipped, jacket faintly toned, a few spots along top slipcase edge, slipcase corners rubbed. 1966 Large Hardcover. Translated into English and adapted by John Rosenfield, photographs by Takahashi Bin. A survey of Japanese art and culture from ancient times through 1572, with 198 photographs throughout text, including both tipped in color plates and black-and-white gravures. The author served as curator at the former Imperial Art Museum and then at the Tokyo National Museum. Supplementary notes, glossary, selected bibliography, chronology of Japanese art from the Jomon Period until 1582 and four maps follow text.