Japan reading list

Below is a selection of recommended titles covering a range of more general reading about Japan.


Baekeland, Frederick, Imperial Japan: The Art of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Cornell University, New York, 1980.

Bowring, Richard & Kornicki, P., The Encyclopedia of Japan. Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN. 0 521403 52 9

Boxer, C.R., The Christian Century in Japan, University of California Press, 1954

David, Catherine  Acrobatic Encounters: Korean Horseback Acrobats in Tokugawa Japan and their representation in popular art'. Arts of Asia, Volume 35, No.5, September-October 2005, pp.107-112

Earle, Joe (ed), The Toshiba Gallery: Japanese Art & Design. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1986. ISBN. 0 948107 65 0

Earle, Joe The Taxonomic Obsession: British Collectors and Japanese Objects, 1852-1986. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 128, No. 1005. (Dec., 1986), pp. 862+864-873

Earle, Joe ( ed ) Japanese Art & Design. V&A Publications, 2000, 1-85177-315-0 (companion guide to the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art and Design)

Earle, Joe ( ed ) Japanese Art & Design. V&A Publications, 2000, 978-1-851-77562-0 (companion guide to the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art and Design). With new introduction by Gregory Irvine

Fairley, Malcolm and Impey, Oliver (eds), The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art: Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan. 8 volumes. Kibo Foundation, London, 1995

Faulkner, Rupert  Decorative Arts. in Bowring, Richard and Kornicki, Peter (eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan, Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp.209-212

Faulkner, Rupert  Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition and the Avant-garde.  Laurence King Publishing & V&A Publications, London, 1995, 1-85669-065-2

Feddersen, Martin, Japanese Decorative Art. Faber and Faber, London, 1962

Gerstle, Andrew (ed), Eighteenth Century Japan.  Allen and Unwin, 1989

Guth, Christine, Japanese Art of the Edo Period. Everyman Art Library, London, 1996. ISBN. 0 297833 70 7

Hempel, Rose, The Heian Civilisation of Japan. Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1983. ISBN. 0 7148 2295 7

Hickman, Money & Fetchko, Peter, Japan Day by Day. (Exhibition Cat.)  The Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., 1977. ISBN. 0 875770541

Hutt, Julia, Understanding Far Eastern Art. Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1987. ISBN. 0 7148 2440 2

Hutt, Julia and Jackson, Anna Victoria and Albert Hakubutsukan no Nihon Bijutsu Collection  [The Japanese Art Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum]. in Hirayama, Ikuo and Kobayashi, Tadashi (eds.), Japanese Art: The Great European Collections - Nihon Bijutsu Taikan Vol 4, Tokyo, 1994, pp.178-181

Hutt, Julia A Japanese Export Lacquer Chest in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Some Further Observations.  Apollo, Vol.CXLIX, No.445, March 1999, pp.22-24

Itsugi, Yoshikawa, Major Themes in Japanese Art.  Weatherhill/ Heibonsha, New York and Tokyo, 1976

Irvine, Greg, Japanese Cloisonné, V&A Publications, 2006, ISBN. 1 85117 482 3

Irvine, Gregory & Jackson, Anna  "The Finest Piece of Bronze Which an Artist's Hand Ever Produced': The Life and Times of a Japanese Incense Burner' .  Apollo, Vol CLII, No 465, 2000, pp.18-23

Irvine, Gregory  Japanese Cloisonné: The Seven Treasures. V&A Publications, London 2006. ISBN 1 85177 482 3

Irvine, Gregory  The Hayashi Revisions Revised: Hayashi and the Japanese Art Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1886. In Hayashi Tadamasa: Japonisme and Cultural Exchange.  Brücke Inc., Tokyo, 2007. ISBN 978 4 434 10163-2 C1071

Jackson, Anna  Victoria-cho Jidai no Nihon Bijutsu to sono Eikyo [Japanese Art and Influence in the Victorian Age]. in Victoria-cho no Eiko [The Arts of the Victorians], Osaka, 1992, pp.128-135. Catalogue of an exhibition drawn from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, touring in Japan 1992-3

Jackson, Anna with Faulkner, Rupert  The Meiji Period in South Kensington: The Representation of Japan at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1852-1912. in Impey, Oliver and Fairley, Malcolm (eds.), Meiji No Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan (The Nassar D. Khalili Collection of Japanese art; 5 vols.), Vol 1 Selected Essays, London, 1995, pp.152-195

Jackson, Anna  Orient and Occident . In  Greenhalgh, Paul (ed.), Art Nouveau 1890-1914, London, 2000, pp.100-113

Jackson, Anna  Tradition and Modernity: Japan and the Creation of Art Nouveau.  New Architecture, Vol 6, October 2000, pp.38-45

Jackson, Anna  Art and Design: East Asia . In MacKenzie, John (ed.), The Victorian Vision: Inventing New Britain, London, 2001, pp.296-313

Jackson, Anna  Art Deco in East Asia .  In Benton, Charlotte, Benton, Tim and Wood, Ghislaine (eds),  Art Deco:1910-1939, London, 2003, pp.370-381

Jackson, Anna  'Inspiration from the East'.. In Benton, Charlotte; Benton, Tim and Wood, Ghislaine (eds),  Art Deco:1910-1939, London, 2003, pp.66-77Japan Folkcrafts Museum, Mingei: Masterpieces of Japanese Folkcraft.  Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1991

Jackson, Anna and Jaffer, Amin (eds.), with contributions from Faulkner, Rupert; Irvine, Greg and  Hutt, Julia , Encounters: the meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800. V&A Publications, London, 2004. ISBN

Kawakita, Michiaki et al, Craft Treasures of Okinawa. Serindia Publications, London, 1978

Kerr, Rose  Some Satsuma and Satsuma-style Wares.  Orientations, Vol.17, No.12, December, 1986, pp.47-52

Kidder, J Edward, Early Japanese Art: The Great Tombs and Treasures. Thames and Hudson, London, 1964

Lee, Sherman E., Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. Cleveland Museum of Art/Indiana University Press, 1983. ISBN. 0 910386 70 6

Mason, Penelope, History of Japanese Art, Abrams, New York, 1993. ISBN. 0 8109 1085 3

Nagata, Seiji (Et al.) with contributions from David, Catherine; Button, Victoria and Derbyshire, Alan Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Victoria and Albert Museum  Art System Inc. Osaka, Japan.
    
Noma, Seiroku, The Arts of Japan: Ancient and Medieval. Volume I. ISBN. 0 87011 335

Noma, Seiroku, The Arts of Japan: Late Medieval to Modern. Volume II. Kodansha International, Tokyo, New York and San Fransisco, 1978.6. ISBN. 0 87011 336 4
    
Paine, Robert T. & Soper, Alexander, The Art and Architecture of Japan. Pelican Books, London, 1960

Reischauer, Edwin & Craig, Albert  Japan: Tradition and Transformation.  Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1979
    
Roberts, L.P.,  A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1976. ISBN. 0 834801132
    
Rosenfeld, John M. & Shimada, Shujiro, Traditions of Japanese Art.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press, 1970. ISBN. 0 674901258

Sansom, Sir George,  A History of Japan to 1334. Dawson, England, 1978

Sansom, Sir George,  A History of Japan 1334-1615.  Dawson, England, 1978

Sansom, Sir George,  A History of Japan 1615-1867.  Dawson, England, 1978

Sansom, Sir George,  Japan: A Short Cultural History.  Cresset Press, London, 1962

Seidensticker, Edward  High City, Low City: Tokyo from Edo to Earthquake. Penguin, 1983

Shimizu, Y. (ed), The Shaping of Daimyo Culture. (Exhibition Cat.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988. ISBN. 0 807612146

Singer, R. (ed)  Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868. (Exhibition Cat.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998.  0-300-07796-3

Stanley Baker, Joan, Japanese Art. Thames and Hudson, London, 1984

Stewart, David B., The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: 1868 to the Present.  Kodansha International, Tokyo and New York, 1987. ISBN. 0 870118447

Various authors, Japanese Art: Masterpieces in the British Museum.  British Museum Publications, London, 1990. ISBN. 0 714114464
    
Various authors, Cultural Atlas of Japan. Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1988. ISBN. 0 714825263

Various authors, The Shogun Age Exhibition. (Exhibition Cat.) Tokyo, 1984

Various authors  Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Volumes 1-30. Heibonsha, New York and Tokyo, 1970s. ISBN. 0834801298

Various authors, Timeless Beauty: Traditional Japanese Art. Skira Editore, 2002. ISBN. 8884910889

Watson, William (ed), The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1981

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