Discovering the Arts of Japan

Tsuneko S. Sadao studied art at the University of California at Berkeley. She has worked as an art consultant to Japanese museums and galleries for many years, and is presently consultant to the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., in the U.S. and Japan. Stephanie Wada is Associate Curator of the prestigious Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation and the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese Art in New York. She has taught Asian art at Columbia University and the City University of New York.

• Intro History|Politics|Religion Scrulpture|Crafts|Textiles II. Introduction of Buddhism Asuka period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture Painting|Calligraphy|Textiles Ceramics|Metalwork Hakuho|Nara Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer|Textiles Ceramics|Metalwork III. The Zenith of Court Culture Heian period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer|Textiles Ceramics|Metalwork IV. The Court and the Shogunate: An Age of Transition Kamakura|Nanbokucho period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer Ceramics|Metalwork V. Aesthetics of Warrior Rule Muromachi period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture|Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer Textiles Ceramics Metalwork VI. The Gilded Road to Unification Azuchi-Momoyama period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture|Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer Textiles Ceramics Metalwork VII. Tokugawa Control and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie Edo period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture|Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer Textiles Ceramics Metalwork VIII. Eyes to the West: The Meiji Restoration Meiji period Important Events History|Politics|Religion Architecture Sculpture|Painting|Calligraphy Lacquer Textiles Ceramics Metalwork Major Museum Collections of Japanese Art Outside of Japan Acknowledgments Photograph Credits Selected Readings Index