Ryûkûan art treasures from European and American collections.

By: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien
Contributor(s): Urasoe Art Museum (Okinawa)
Language: Japanese Language: English Publisher: [Tokyo] : German Institute for Japanese Studies, 1992.Description: 200p. : ill., maps, 169 col. plates ; 25 x 24cm.
Contents:
Contents: The history of the kingdom of Ryûkyû / T. Kurayoshi; Ryûkyû and the western world / J. Kreiner; France and the Ryûkyû during the 18th and 19th centuries / P. Beillevaire; Russia and Ryûkyû / N.R. Adami; Okinawan collections at European museums / H.D. Ölschleger; The complex character of Ryûkyûan culture / H. Shuzen; Ryûkyûan lacquer-art / A. Hirokazu; The art of weaving and dyeing / S. Kyôko; The art of pottery / M. Tokumasa.

"This is the complete catalogue of objects for the exhibition `Ryûkyûan art treasures from European and American collections' held jointly by the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo (Philipp-Franz-von-Siebold Foundation), the Ryûkyû Broadcast Corporation and Okinawa Times from September 19th to October 23rd, at the Urasoe Art Museum, Okinawa" (p.5).

Contents: The history of the kingdom of Ryûkyû / T. Kurayoshi; Ryûkyû and the western world / J. Kreiner; France and the Ryûkyû during the 18th and 19th centuries / P. Beillevaire; Russia and Ryûkyû / N.R. Adami; Okinawan collections at European museums / H.D. Ölschleger; The complex character of Ryûkyûan culture / H. Shuzen; Ryûkyûan lacquer-art / A. Hirokazu; The art of weaving and dyeing / S. Kyôko; The art of pottery / M. Tokumasa.

In Japanese and English.