Japan's Golden Age
Subtitle: Momoyama
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 25, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300068979
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Cultural studies; History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Oriental art; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Exhibition Catalogs; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Japan; Asian; History - Medieval; Art / History / Asian; Art, Japanese; Exhibitions; Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 118; Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600
Description: The history, culture, and aesthetics of the Momoyama period are explored by analyzing and reproducing masterpieces of artists in many media: paintings (including many superb screen paintings), sculpture, calligraphy, tea ceremony utensils, lacquerware, ceramics, metalwork, arms and armor, textiles, and Noh masks.

A team of leading scholars and specialists in Japanese art contributes an introduction to each section with an essay that places the individual works in a broader art-historical and cultural context.

This beautiful book reproduces works of art from temples and private collections in Japan which have rarely been seen, as well as the most famous masterpieces of the major museums. It also serves as the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Dallas Museum of Art in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs.