Art for art's sake
Subtitle: the aesthetic movement 1860-1900 = Za byutifulu eikoku no yuibishugi 1860-1900
Contributors: Kawabata, Yasuo, contributor; Ono, Ayako, 1970- contributor; Takahashi, Akiya, contributor; Katō, Akiko, contributor; Kume, Kazusa, 1982- contributor; Yamaguchi, Miho, contributor; Roth, Martin, 1955-2017, author of introduction, etc; Kakimoto, Masaya, book designer; Kono, Motoko, book designer; Mitsubishi Ichigōkan Bijutsukan; Asahi Shinbunsha. Bunka Jigyōbu; Victoria and Albert Museum; Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A Publications; D_Code; Dai Nihon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha
Publisher: Asahi Shimbun
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Tokyo]
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Aesthetic movement (Art); Exhibitions; Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Other titles: Za byutifulu eikoku no yuibishugi 1860-1900
Notes: Foreword by Martin Roth. Designed and produced by: Masaya Kakimoto, Motoko Kono (D_Code).

Published to accompany the exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum (and originally shown at the V&A as The Cult of Beauty), the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum and the Asahi Shimbun which was held 30 Jan. - 6 May 2014 at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo.

Text by Stephen Calloway, Yasuo Kawabata, Ayako Ono, Akiya Takahashi, Akiko Kato, Kazusa Kume, Miho Yamaguchi.

Black boards with gold embossed decoration and image by Albert Moore pasted to front cover. Decorated endpapers.

V&A research report 2014.

Japanese and English.