On the laws of Japanese painting
Subtitle: an introduction to the study of the art of Japan
By: by Henry P. Bowie, with prefatory remarks by Iwaya Sazanami and Hirai Kinza ...
Publisher: P. Elder and Company
Published: 1911
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Painting, Japanese
Notes: "Illustrations from paintings especially executed for the author, by a number of distinguished artists of Japan, explanatory drawings by Shimada Sekko."
Plates I to VIII accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letter-press; plates IX to LXVI printed on both sides and accompanied by 9 leaves with descriptive letterpress.
Table of contents: title: Personal experiences.; title: Art in Japan.; title: Laws for use of brush and materials.; title: Laws governing conception and execution.; title: Canons of the aesthetics in painting.; title: Subjects for Japanese painting (gwa dai); title: Signatures and seals (rakkwan and in); title: Explanation of headbands.