Essays
Subtitle: twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections
By: Hirabayashi Moritoku [and others]
Contributors: Japan. Kunaichō; Freer Gallery of Art; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Publisher: Imperial Household Agency; Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Tokyo]; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Copyright date: 1997
Subjects: Japanese Art
Other titles: Twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections
Notes: "This book accompanies the exhibition catalogue Twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections ... published on the occasion of the exhibition Twelve centuries of Japanese art from the Imperial collections, held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, December 14, 1997-March 8, 1998"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Ann Yonemura; title: Emperors as artists and cultural leaders / Miyajima Shin'ichi; title: Calligraphy : the Imperial Collection and its masterworks in historical context / Hirabayashi Moritoku; title: The tradition and transmission of imperial culture in the early modern period : the collection of the former Katsuranomiya family / Ohta Aya; title: Reassessing historical role : the Imperial Household and the Imperial Household Ministry and modern Japanese art / Ohkuma Toshiyuki.