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The pictorial arts of Japan and other writings / William Anderson.

By: Anderson, William, 1842-1900 [author]
Contributor(s): Mabuchi, Akiko, 1947- [writer of introductory supplement] | Suematsu, Kenchō, 1855-1920 [translator (volume 3)]
Language: English, Japanese Series: : 4.Publisher: Tokyo : Synapse, 2007Description: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 27-31 cm + 1 supplement (11 pages ; 26 cm).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9784861660283 (set); 4861660289 (set); 9784861660528 (v. 1); 4861660521 (v. 1); 9784861660535 (v. 2); 486166053X (v. 2); 9784861660542 (v. 3); 4861660548 (v. 3)Other title: 「日本絵画芸術」および関連文献集成 Other title: 日本美術全書 Other title: "Nihon kaiga geijutsu" oyobi kanren bunken shūsei | Nihon bijutsu zenshoSubject(s): Art, Japanese | Art, Chinese | Art, Korean
Contents:
v. 1. The pictorial arts of Japan : with a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans -- v. 2. Descriptive and historical catalogue of a collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings in the British Museum -- v. 3. Nihon bijutsu zensho / Suematu Kenchō yakuho.

Originally published in 1886-1897.

Supplementary volume noted by Akiko Mabuchi in Japanese.

Vol. 3 includes entire "Enkakumon" and text of "Ōyōmon".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. The pictorial arts of Japan : with a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans -- v. 2. Descriptive and historical catalogue of a collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings in the British Museum -- v. 3. Nihon bijutsu zensho / Suematu Kenchō yakuho.

Vol. 3 in Japanese.