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The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986 324pp. with over 300 ills. (24 col. plates). 139 Works analyzed; bibliogr.; glossary. * Catalogue of Oriental Art (Part One). Size: 29x22

Kodansha International Ltd,, 1974 459 pp, coloured frontispiece, 228 works illustrated, some in colour, section of inscriptions, maps. Brown cloth with dustjacket - 30x26. EXTRA postage !

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2010 248 pp.with 45 color plates; 73 color illustrations of additional works in the collection & 155 figures - Hardcover with dustjacket (protected by mylar) - 32x24 cm. - Light brown cloth.

Contributions by: Lawrence Becker, Arianna Gambirasi, Takao Itoh, Mechtild Mertz, Won Yee Ng, Adriana Rizzo, and Mark T. Wypyski.

Sourabaya: Kurkdjian, 1920 3 portfolios with “Views of the Netherlands India” : Series TOSARI – EAST JAVA – GAROET.
Published by Kurkdjian Ltd, Sourabaya, Java (no date, c. 1920s). After photographs by Geo P. Lewis (owner of the studio) – Size 28x32 cm.

Each serie with 10 pictures in almost mint condition. Complete, but not numbered (probably the photos were sold separately).
Condition darkbrown paper maps: Tosari (missing one inner flap) – East Java (frontcover with some sunning along boarders) – Garoet ( spine half loose). No further restaurations/inscriptions.

Uden: Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, 2002 173pp. with 160 col. plates and illustrations of icons from the collection Museum of Religious Art in Uden (Netherlands). Size: 30.5x21.5

Berlin, 1985 256pp. with numerous fine printed col. plates. The adventures of merchand SIMHALA (the rebirth story), as painted on a Nepalese scroll (from the Museum of Indian Art in Berlin). Text German. Size: 25x25

Leiden : Brill, 2011 Vol 2 in the series, Japanese Visual Culture. Boards, lettered title to cover. Dust jacket.. pp. 296. with 98 colour plates. 26x20.

During the first century of Japans early modern era (1580s to 1680s), art and architecture created for the imperial court served as markers of social prestige, testifying to the enduring centrality of the palace to the cultural life of Kyoto. Emperors Go-Yzei and Go-Mizunoo relied on financial support from ruling warlordsToyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shogunsjust as the warlords sought imperial sanction granting them legitimacy to rule. Taking advantage of this complex but oftentimes strained synergy, Go-Yzei and Go-Mizunoo (and to an unprecedented exent his empress, Tfukumonin) enhanced the heriditary prerogatives of the imperial family. Among the works described in this volume are masterpieces commissioned for the residences and temples of the imperial family, which were painted by artists of the Kano, Tosa and Sumiyoshi ateliers, not to… Read More

Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company, 1978 411pp. with 12 col. & 300 b/w plates; bibliogr.; index. EXTRA postage required ! Size: 30x21.5

Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1975 Red buckram boards with gold titling to front and spine. Unmarked. One of 2,000 copies. Color frontispiece. 439 pp. with 630 illustrations in b & w with some color. Bibliography and Index. Excellent reference with photographs and details. EXTRA postage !