Japanese Art

94 Pages·1961·8.172 MB·English

by  Raymond Paul Johnes

Japanese
art
RAYMOND
JOHNES
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MORE THAN SIXTY WORKS OF ART IN FULL COLOUR
SPRING ART BOOKS
JAPANESE ART
a recent years the art of Japan has
iceived more attention and investiga-
on by Westerners than perhaps any
ther Eastern art. The reasons are not
ard to determine, for even the most
ncient of Japanese forms have re-
lined their freshness, inventiveness and
olour; there is an immaculate clarity
iherent in Japanese art which appeals
D the Western eye; and finally it is
ssentially the Japanese approach to art
- as something which should express
—
he pleasures of the physical world
I'hich makes such an impact on us.
The freshness and vivacity ofJapa-
lese art is what this volume will succeed
nconveyingto the reader.The48colour
eproductions, touching on all the me-
lia in which the Japanese have ex-
—
:elled sculpture, painting, metal-
vork, lacquer, textiles, ceramics and
:olour prints — have been made from
lewly taken photographs. The most
beautiful as well as the most representa-
live objects have been chosen, with
special emphasis on the superb and
unique pieces which are to be found in
the temples and museums ofJapan, and
which are indispensable to an apprecia-
tion of Japanese art.
The author. Captain Raymond
Johnes, the well-known collector and
author, has selected the colour plates,
contributed an introduction which is a
clear and perceptive background to the
subject, and written a short introduction
toeach ofthe forms covered inthecolour
illustrations, tracing their origin and
development.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The pieces and paintings in this volume are reproduced by kind
permission of the following galleries and collectors: the British
Museum, London (Plates 2, 7, 8, 16, 26, 33, 34, 36, 38-47); The
Hon. R. G. Erskine (Plate i); Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing
(Plates 23, 24);John Hudisteanu, Esq. (Plate 19); R. SoameJenyns,
Esq. (Plate 31); Clement Milward, Esq. (Plate25); B. W. Robinson,
Esq. (Plate 48); Mrs Mariquita Sedgwick(Plate 18); W. W. Wink-
worth, Esq. (Plate 25); Private Collection, London (Plates 31, 32,
33) 37);theauthor (Plates9, 17, 23, 24,26, 27, 35).
The objects in Japan (Plates 3—6, 10-15, 20-22, 28—30)
were photographed by the firm of Sakamoto, Tokyo, and those in
London (Plates I, 2, 7—9, 16—19, 23—27, 31—48) by David
Swann,Esq.
The frontispiece illustrations. Ink paintings by Kano Motonobu
—
(1476 1559) are reproduced by courtesy ofthe author.
This volume is dedicated to my colleagues of the Art Circle, the
Japan Society of London, and in particular to their presiding ge-
nius, Engineer-Commander A. R. Newman.
istEdition 1961
4th Impression 1967
Published by
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Drury House • Russell Street • WC2
© Paul Hamlyn Ltd 1961
Printedin CzechoslovakiabySvoboda,Prague
T - 1803
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