Edo: Art in Japan, 1615-1868. National Gallery of Art

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by  Singer R. et al.

Edo: Art in Japan 1615 -1868
National Gallery of Art, Washington • Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan • The Japan Foundation
Robert T. Singer
WITH
John T. Carpenter
Hollis Goodall
Victor Harris
Matthew McKelway
Herman Ooms
Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
HenryD .S mithI I
Sharon S. Takeda
Melinda Takeuchi
Edo
Art in Japan 1615 -1868
The exhibition Type is Caecilia and Bodoni,
typeset by General Typographers,
is made possible by
Washington, D.C.
NTT
Printed on 100# Signature Dull
by Meridian, East Greenwich,
Rhode Island
Exhibition dates
15 November 1998 through Entries for cats. 149-154 are
15 February 1999 adapted with kind permission of
the author and publisher from
The exhibition is organized by
Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous
the National Gallery of Art,
Views of Edo, Henry D. Smith II,
Washington, in collaboration
© 1986, George Braziller
with the Agency for Cultural
Affairs, Government of Japan,
Library of Congress
and The Japan Foundation
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The exhibition is supported by
Singer, Robert T.
an indemnity from the Federal
Edo art in Japan 1615 - 1868/Robert
Council on the Arts and the
T. Singer; with contributions by
Humanities
Herman Ooms... [et al.].
All Nippon Airways has contri-
p. cm.
buted essential in-kind support
Catalogue of an exhibition
Additional support for this
opening at the National Gallery
catalogue was provided by the
of Art on November 15, 1998.
Commemorative Association
Includes bibliographical references.
for the Japan World Exposition
(1970) ISBN 0-300-07796-3 (cloth)
ISBN 0-89468-226-1 (paper)
Copyright © 1998. All rights
reserved. Board of Trustees, I. Art, Japanese—Edo period,
National Gallery of Art, 1600 -1868—Exhibitions.
Washington. I. Ooms, Herman.
II. National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
This book has been produced
III. Title.
by the Editors Office, National
Gallery of Art, Washington. N7353.5.S656 1998
709'.52'074753 —dc21 98-29138
Editor-in-chief, Frances P. Smyth
Senior editor, Mary Yakush
Cover illustration from the Hikone
Editors, Tarn Curry Bryfogle and
Screen, c. 16205-16405, Hikone
Joseph N. Newland, with Patricia
Castle Museum, Shiga, National
Draher, Susan Higman, and
Treasure (cat. 233)
Julie Warnement
Designed by Margaret Bauer and
Wendy Schleicher Smith with
production assistance from Carol
Beehler, Hannah Smotrich,
Nancy Van Meter, and Jennifer
Wahlberg
Opposite: detail of Maple Trees in Spring and Autumn (cat. 199)

9
Lenders to
the Exhibition
11
Foreword
EARL A. POWELL III
15
Ornament Samurai
Preface and

Acknowledgments
ROBERT T. SINGER 105
49
Ornamental Culture: Arms: The Balance
19 Style and Meaning of Peace
Notes to the Reader
in Edo Japan
VICTOR HARRIS
NICOLE COOLIDGE
22
Forms and ROUSMANIERE 127
Cat. nos. 51-86
Norms in Edo Arts
and Society 69
Cat. nos. 1-50
HERMAN OOMS
51-477
Ornament
49
105 Samurai
151 Work
203 Religion and Festivals
259 Travel, Landscape,
and Nature
367 Entertainment
478
Selected Bibliography
480
Index
Work Religion and Travel, Landscape, Entertainment
Festivals and Nature
151 203 259 367
Workers of Edo: Old Worlds, New City, Country, Travel, The Human Figure in
Ambiance, Archetype, Visions: Religion and and Vision in Edo the Playground of Edo
or Individual Art in Edo Japan Cultural Landscapes Artistic Imagination
HOLLIS GOODALL ROBERT T. SINGER MELINDA TAKEUCHI JOHN T. CARPENTER
175 225 283 399
Cat. nos. 87-113 Cat. nos. 114-140 Cat. nos. 141-209 Cat. nos. 210-281

LENDERS TO Agency for Cultural Affairs, Tokyo Kunózan Tóshógü Shrine, Saitama Prefectural Museum
Shizuoka
THE EXHIBITION Akita Museum of Modern Art The Sakai Museum, Osaka
Kurokawa Ancient Writings
The Arc-en-Ciel Foundation, Tokyo The Seikado Foundation, Tokyo
Research Organization, Hyôgo
Arita Ceramic Museum, Saga Seikenji, Shizuoka
Kyoto City
Brooklyn Museum of Art Sendai City Museum, Miyagi
Kyoto National Museum
Chótokuji, Tokyo Shinjó'in, Kyoto
Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Saga
Eisei Bunko Foundation, Tokyo Shizuoka Prefectural Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
of Art
Fujita Museum of Art, Osaka 9
Machida City Museum of Graphic
Shógenji, Mié
Fukuoka Art Museum Arts, Tokyo
Sójiji, Tokyo
Fukuoka City Museum Maeda Ikutokukai Foundation,
Tokyo Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
Ganshoji, Yamanashi
Menard Art Museum, Aichi Tochikubo Yakushido, Tochigi
The Gotoh Museum, Tokyo
Mitsui Bunko, Tokyo Tokyo National Museum
Hayashibara Museum of Art,
Okayama The Museum of Shiga Prefecture Toyarna Memorial Museum,
Biwako-Bunkakan Saitama
Hikone Castle Museum, Shiga
National Museum of Japanese University Museum, Faculty
The Hosomi Art Foundation, Osaka
History, Chiba of Letters, Kyoto University
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo
The Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Yamagata Museum of Art
lisanji, Gif u
Tokyo
Zójóji, Tokyo
Imaemon Museum of Ceramic
Nippon Express Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Antiques, Saga
Nitto Boseki Co. Ltd., Tokyo
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum
Okayama Prefectural Museum
of Art
of Art
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
Geoffrey Oliver and East West
Itsuo Art Museum, Osaka
Gallery, New York
Kawabata Foundation, Kanagawa
Osaka City Museum
Keishôji, Mie
The Ota Memorial Museum of Art,
Kiyotakiji, Tochigi Tokyo
Kobe City Museum, Hyógo Ellen and Max Palevsky,
California
Konchi'in, Kyoto
Preservation Committee of Oba
Kuboso Memorial Museum
Local Governor's Office, Tokyo
of Arts, Izumi, Osaka
Private Collections, Japan
Rakanji, Tokyo
Opposite: detail of Karaori no robe with pine trees, bamboo, flowering plum branches, and stylized mist (cat. 219)