num_pages: 432
description: Japanese art, like so many expressions of Japanese culture, is fascinatingly rich in its contrasts and paradoxes. Since the country opened its doors to the outside world in the mid-nineteenth century. Japanese art and culture have enjoyed an immense popularity in the West. When in 1993 renowned scholar Penelope Mason wrote the the first edition of History of Japanese Art, it was the first such volume in thirty years to chart a detailed overview of the subject. It remains the only comprehensive survey of its kind in English. This second edition ties together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context. 
language: English
title: History of Japanese Art
titlecomplete: History of Japanese Art
genres: History, Buddhism, Japan, Reference, Asia, Art History, Japanese Literature, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 146
publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall