Deco Japan
Subtitle: shaping art and culture, 1920-1945
By: by Kendall Brown ; with contributions by Takanami Machiko ... [et al.].
Contributors: Machiko, Takanami; Japan Society (New York, N.Y.). Gallery; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Society of the Four Arts
Publisher: Art Services International
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Art collections; Art; Exhibitions; Art deco; Japanese Art; Private collections
Other titles: Shaping art and culture, 1920-1945
Description: "The vitality of urban Japan in the 1920s and 1930s is expressed through works of art and visual culture that may be grouped under the rubric of art deco. Using nearly 200 objects ranging from matchbook labels to grand paintings, and focusing on works exhibited in Japan's national exhibitions, Deco Japan traces a chapter in Japanese modernism that signals simultaneously the nation's claims to a unique history and its cosmopolitanism. Major themes include both the rise of moga, or modern girl, a barometer of social freedom and cultural realignment, and nationalism, manifest in imperial glory and military strength."--Cover flap.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, N.Y., Mar. 16-June 17, 2012, the John and Mable Ringing Museum, Sarasota, Fla., July 14- Sept. 30, 2012, and the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 9-Jan. 19, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.