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China’s Intrepid Muse
The Cartoons and Art of Ding Cong by Marcia R. Ristaino Presents the life and work of China's most famous cartoonist and caricaturist, whose great popularity stemmed from an intellectual and artistic integrity that made the inept and corrupt of both right and left fair game for his barbed art, and who ranks as one of China’s great artists of the twentieth century. |
The Real Musashi: Origins of a Legend
The Bushû Denraiki translated and annotated by William de Lange This earliest and most reliable record of the life and exploits of Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645) , the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history, is, after three centuries, for the first time finally available to the English reader. |
Painting and Performance
Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis by Victor H. Mair Traces the global development over a thousand years of a genre of popular Buddhist folk literature, pointing out its origins in India as a form of oral storytelling using painting as a visual aid, and showing how that form has influenced performance and literary traditions in India, Indonesia, Japan, Central Asia, the Near East, Italy, France, and Germany. |
A Dictionary of Japanese Proverbs
by William de Lange Companion volume to the author’s comprehensive Dictionary of Japanese Idioms, providing English equivalents or translations of over 1000 Japanese proverbs, with extensive cross-referencing leading to related expressions. |
Acquisition
Art and Ownership in Edo-Period Japan edited by Elizabeth Lillehoj Considers how and why people bought, sold, donated, and received works of art in the Edo period (1600–1868), contributing to a fuller comprehension of the vital connections between Japanese art and its audiences. |
Famous Japanese Swordsmen
of the Two Courts Period by William de Lange From the author of the bestselling Famous Japanese Swordsmen of the Warring States comes more solid sword history in the guise of thrilling narrative set amidst a turning point in Japan's medieval era, when an unbridgeable rift appeared in the fragile fabric of Japanese feudal society. |
Heaven Has a Face; So Does Hell
The Art of the Noh Mask by Stephen E. Marvin An extended treatise on the history of Noh and the evolution of its masks, showcasing in full color over 140 of the finest examples with detailed information on their creation, character, and significance, as well as photos of their backs showing inscriptions and artists’ signatures. |
Famous Japanese Swordsmen
of the Warring States Period by William de Lange True stories of the two greatest sword heroes of the most destructive period in Japan’s history, when thousands of warriors either perished or persevered on the strength of their martial skills. |
Visiting Historic Beijing
A Guide to Sites and Resources by Robert L. Thorp A guided tour for the curious traveler, and a readable and reliable introduction to how Chinese culture is integrated into the architecture and urban planning of one of the world’s most magnificent capitals. |
Famous Japanese Swordsmen
The Period of Unification by William de Lange This third and final volume of the Swordsmen trilogy chronicles one of the great turning points in Japan's medieval era, when after more than two centuries of civil strife Japan finally found its way back to peace and order under three successive rulers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. |
Visiting China’s Past
A Guide to Sites and Resources by Robert L. Thorp In 24 short essays, takes the reader on a tour of the most important archaeological discoveries in China of the last century, a readable and reliable introduction to Chinese archaeology. |
Tibetan Furniture
by Chris Buckley Readers will learn to: identify the main types of Tibetan furniture; appreciate their origin and their uses; identify and understand the most common designs; judge the quality of pieces; and derive increased pleasure from Tibetan furniture they have bought. |
Images of the Gods
Khmer Mythology in Cambodia, Laos & Thailand by Vittorio Roveda Illustrated with over 1800 color images in text and on a supplementary CD, this monumental volume incorporates the author’s meticulous and comprehensive researches on the great Khmer monuments flung across Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos. |
Pars Japonica
The First Dutch Expedition to Reach the Shores of Japan by William de Lange The harrowing account of a voyage beset with treachery, betrayal, mutiny, and mayhem, but one that finally reached Japan the under command of William Adams, the real-life hero of James Clavell’s best-selling novel Shogun, and changed the course of history. |
The Tatar Whirlwind
A Novel of Seventeenth-Century East Asia by Shiba Ryotaro, translated by Joshua Fogel A sweeping epic of battles and international intrigue at the time of the Manchu invasion of China, by Japan’s most popular writer of historical fiction. |
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles
With a Catalogue of the C.F. Bieber Collection by Schuyler Cammann This detailed and scholarly work is the first in any Western language to discuss the Chinese toggles that preceded the more well-known Japanese belt ornaments known as netsuke. |
An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings
T’ang, Sung, Yüan by James Cahill The most comprehensive English-language compilation on Chinese painters and their works from the late 6th through the mid-14th century. |
Japanese Art Signatures
A Handbook and Practical Guide by James Self and Nobuko Hirose Designed for both layman and scholar, its simplified approach allows users to find and identify over 11,000 names of Japanese artists and craftspeople. |
Japanese Marks and Seals
In Literature and the Arts by James Lord Bowes This extremely valuable reference work remains a fundamental resource for all students, scholars, connoisseurs, and collectors of Japanese art and literature. |
Japanese Names and How to Read Them
A Manual for Art Collectors and Students by Albert J. Koop and Hogitaro Inada The pioneering work of Koop and Inada remains an important and fundamental reference for those wishing to master the pronunciation of Japanese names. |
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