Japan envisions the West
Subtitle: 16th-19th century Japanese art from Kobe City Museum.
Contributors: Seattle Art Museum.
Publisher: Seattle Art Museum
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295987408
Subjects: Kōbe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan -- Exhibitions; Art, Japanese -- European influences -- Exhibitions; Art -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- Exhibitions; Japan -- Relations -- Europe -- Exhibitions; Europe -- Relations -- Japan -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 11, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008, Seattle Art Museum Downtown.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the painters of Japan and the West / Oka Yasumasa; title: The reception of maps between Japan and the West / Onoda Kazuyuki; title: Two streams of Namban painting / Narusawa Katsushi; title: The art scene in and around Nagasaki / Narusawa Katsushi; title: The influence of Ransho on Western-style painting / Katsumori Noriko; title: The early copperplate prints of Shiba Kōkan and Aōdō Denzen / Tsukahara Akira; title: Hollandisme in Japanese craftwork / Oka Yasumasa; title: Japan and the West : export porcelain and lacquerware / Christiaan J.A. Jörg; title: The opening of Japan and its visual culture / Tsukahara Akira.