| Description |
xix, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 32 x 24 cm |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Life of Animals in Japanese Art" held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 5-July 28, 2019, and the exhibition "Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art" held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, September 8-December 8, 2019. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-317) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prefaces / Robert T. Singer, Kawai Masatomo -- A place for animals in Japanese letters : beasts and beasties - pests, partners, and pets / Tom Hare -- Cultivating compassion and accruing merit : animal release rites during the Edo period / Barbara R. Ambros -- All creatures great and small : Tokugawa Japan and its animals / Federico Marcon -- Plates -- Checklist of works exhibited in Los Angeles. |
| Subject |
Art, Japanese -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions.
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Animals in art -- Exhibitions.
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Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Japan -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre or Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Singer, Robert T., editor.
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Kawai, Masatomo, editor.
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Ambros, Barbara, 1968- contributor.
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Hare, Thomas Blenman, 1952- contributor.
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Marcon, Federico, 1972- contributor.
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Arakawa, Masaaki, 1961- contributor.
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Hare, Thomas Blenman, 1952-
Place for animals in Japanese letters.
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National Gallery of Art (U.S.), host institution.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.
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| Added Title |
Every living thing, animals in Japanese art.
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| ISBN |
9780691191164 (hardcover) |
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0691191166 (hardcover) |
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9780894684135 (softcover) |
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0894684132 (softcover) |
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