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Chinese Jades: The Youngman Collection
From Neolithic to Qing
Youngman, Robert P.
This volume features splendid examples of jade from the Neolithic period to the Qing from the Robert P. Youngman collection. Profusely illustrated throughout, the Youngman collection is presented with detailed written descriptions that further characterize each piece's unique splendor--each ...
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Bridge to Modernity: Kyosai's Adventures in Painting
Commemorating the 120th Memorial of Kawanabe Kyosai: April 8 to May 11, 2008
Kyoto National Museum
Although Kyosai's unique painting style has attracted much attention abroad, no comprehensive exhibition of this artist has been held in Japan until now. In commemorating the 120th memorial of Kyosai, who died of stomach cancer on April 26, 1889, the Kyoto National Museum proudly and ...
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The Palace Museum
The Palace Museum
This catalogue gives a comprehensive introduction of the Palace Museum published in time to celebrate its 80th anniversary. Contents:
Brief introduction to the Palace Museum
Part One: Architecture and Historic Relics
Orientation and Arrangement, Imperial City ...
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Kakiemon and Nabeshima
Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Kakiemon-style ware was fired in private kilns in Hizen and was exported mainly to Europe as high quality vessels for decorating the palaces and museums of the royalty and nobility. Nabeshima-style ware, on the other hand, was produced with special care and intention as tribute from the ...
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The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III: Feast by a Wine Table Reclining on a Couch
Wu Bruce, Grace
This exhibition represents an excellent cross-section of late Ming furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries, plus rare examples of 18th century Qing pieces, several of the latter category might have come from Imperial Palace workshops. The exhibition is also comprehensive in having the ...
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Yosa Buson: On the Wings of Art
Exhibition: March 15 to June 8, 2008
Miho Museum
The 18th-century Kyoto painting scene consisted of dynamic indivisualistic artists such as Ito Jakuchu, Ike noTaiga, and Maruyama Okyo.Among them, Yosa Buson (1716-1783),-like the poet Matsuo Basho and the painter Ike no Taiga-was highly regarded and incorporated haikai (comic linked verses) ...
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