A Selection of Books on Japanese and Korean Art

Japanese Art

 

Iwanami Nihon bijutsu no nagare. 7 vols. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1991.

 

Love in Asian art & culture. Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1998.

 

Nihonbi o kataru. 12 vols. Tokyo: Gyosei, 1989.

 

Shinpen meiho Nihon no bijutsu. 33 vols. Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1990.

 

Abbate, Francesco ed. Japanese art and Korean art. London ; New York : Octopus Books, 1972.

 

Addiss, S. How to look at Japanese art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.

 

Ajioka, Chiaki. et al. Modern boy, modern girl : modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935. Sydney, Australia : Art Gallery NSW, 1998.

 

Allen, Laura W. , et al. A Japanese legacy: four generations of Yoshida family artists Minneapolis, Minn.: Minneapolis Institute of Arts ; Chicago, Ill. : Art Media Resources, 2002.

 

Binyon, Laurence. The flight of the dragon : an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan based on original sources. London: J. Murray, 1911.

 

Brehm, Margrit Franziska ed. The Japanese experience--inevitable. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, 2002.

 

Buhot, J. Extreme Orient. Chinese and Japanese art : with sections on Korea and Vietnam. Trans. Hall, R. I. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1967.

 

Clark, John Surrealism in Japan Clayton, VIC, Australia : Monash Asia Institute, Japanese Studies Centre, 1997.

 

Cohen, W. I. East Asian art and American culture: a study in international relations. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992.

 

Delay, N. Japan : the fleeting spirit. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999.

 

De Waal, Edmund. et al.Timeless beauty : traditional Japanese art from the Montgomery collection. Milano: Skira, 2002.

 

Edmunds, W., Pointers and clues to the subjects of Chinese and Japanese art as shown in drawings, prints, carvings and the decoration of porcelain and lacquer. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Ltd., 1934.

 

Guth, C. Art, tea, and industry: Masuda Takashi and the Mitsui circle Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993.

 

Hamada, Takashi and Nishikawa, Kyotaro, Bukkyo no rekishi to bijutsu. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1989.

 

Juniper, A. Wabi sabi: the Japanese art of impermanence. Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Pub., 2003.

 

Munsterberg, H. Zen & oriental art. Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle, 1993.

           

Singh, C. and Nath, Prem The art of Japan. New Delhi: Crest Publishing House, 1998.

 

Stanley-Baker, J. Japanese art. London; New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000.

 

Washizuka, Hiromitsu. Transmitting the forms of divinity: early Buddhist art from Korea and Japan. New York: Japan Society, 2003.

 

Yashiro, Y. Toyo bijutsu ronko. 2 vols. Tokyo: Zauho Kankokai, 1942.

           

劉曉路 20世紀日本美術 北京: 文化藝術出版社, 1997.

 

           

History of Japanese Art

 

Kawakita, Michiaki et al. Kindai Nihon bijutsu jiten Tokyo : Kodansha, 1989.

 

Mason, Penelope E. History of Japanese art. New York: Abrams, 1993.

 

Munroe, Alexandra. Japanese art after 1945 : scream against the sky. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1994.

 

Sadao, Tsuneko S. and Wada, Stephanie. Discovering the arts of Japan : a historical overview. Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 2003.

 

Swann, P. C. , A concise history of Japanese art. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1979.

 

山根有三, 日本繪畫史圖典, 東京: 福武書店, 1987.

 

久野健, 持丸一夫 日本美術史要說. 東京: 吉川弘文館, 1963.

 

王秀雄. 日本美術史: The history of Japanese art. 3 vols. 台北市: 國立歷史博物館, 1998.

 

李欽賢. 日本美術史話 台北市: 雄獅圖書股份有限公司, 1993.

 

徐小虎. 日本美術史. 許燕貞譯. 台北市: 南天書局, 1996.

 

施慧美. 日本近代藝術史. 初版. 台北市: 三民書局股份有限公司, 1997.

 

楊勁松主編. 中國, 日本國際版畫名家作品集 = The collection of the international printing works by Chinese & Japanese famous artists.  1 .  西安: 陜西人民美術出版社, 2002

 

劉曉路. 日本美術史話. 北京: 人民美術出版社, 1998.

 

劉曉路. 日本美術史綱. 上海: 上海古籍出版社, 2003.

 

 

Japanese paintings

 

Schaarschmidt-Richter, Irmtraud, ed., Japanese modern art : painting from 1910 to 1970.  Zurich ; New York : Edition Stemmle, c2000.

 

Conant, Ellen P. Nihonga : transcending the past : Japanese-style painting, 1868-1968. Tokyo: Japan Foundation, c1995.

 

Mainichi Shinbunsha. Toyo Bijutsu Daitenrankai roku kaisetsu. Kyoto: Benrido, 1939.

 

Nishibe, Bunjo, Chaseki no zenkiga. Kyoto-shi : Tankosha, 1990.

 

Takeuchi, Melinda. Taiga's true views : the language of landscape painting in eighteenth-century Japan. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, c1992.

 

劉奇俊, 日本美人畫選. 台北市: 藝術圖書公司, 1984.

 

 

Japanese prints

 

Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, ed. Japanese prints. London : Taschen, c2002.

 

Hillier, Jack Ronald. Japanese colour prints. 5th ed. Oxford : Phaidon, 1991.

 

Illing, Richard. The art of Japanese prints. London : Book Club Associates, 1980.

 

Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako. Woodblock kuchi-e prints: reflections of Meiji culture. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2000.

 

Salter, Rebecca. Japanese woodblock printing. London : A. & C. Black, 2001.

 

 

Japanese music

 

De Ferranti, Hugh. Japanese musical instruments. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

 

Kikkawa, Eishi, Nihon ongaku bunkashi. Osaka-shi : Sogensha, 1989.

 

Koizumi, Fumio, Nihon no oto : sekai no naka no Nihon ongaku. Tokyo : Heibonsha. 1994.

 

Kojima, Tomiko, Ongaku kara mita Nihonjin. Tokyo : Nihon Hoso Shuppan kyokai, 1997.

                                            

Malm, William P.  Japanese music and musical instruments Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle, 1959.

 

Oshida Yoshihisa. Gagaku e no shotai. Tokyo : Kyodo Tsushinsha, 1984.

 

Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland. Music from the Tang Court : transcribed from the original, unpublished, Sino-Japanese manuscripts, together with a survey of relevant historical sources (both Chinese and Japanese). London : Music Dept., Oxford University Press, 1981.

 

中央音樂學院創作研究室. 日本名歌一百首. 濟南 : 山東人民出版社, 1982.

 

 

Korean Art

 

A guide to Korean cultural heritage. Seoul: Korean Information Service, 2001.

 

Abbate, Francesco, ed., Japanese art and Korean art London ; New York : Octopus Books, 1972.

 

Chung, Yang-mo. et al. Arts of Korea. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998

 

McKillop, Beth. Korean art and design. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992.

 

Portal, Jane. Korea: art and archaeology. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2000.

 

Vos, K. Symbolism & simplicity: Korean art from the collection of Won-Kyung Cho. Leiden: Hotei Pub., 2002.

 

Washizuka, Hiromitsu. Transmitting the forms of divinity: early Buddhist art from Korea and Japan. New York: Japan Society, 2003.

 

Whitfield, Roderick, ed. Treasures from Korea : art through 5000 yearsLondon : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1984.

 

 

Korean Paintings

 

Chung, Chang-Sup. Working with nature: traditional thought in contemporary art from Korea. Liverpool: Tate Gallery Liverpool, 1992.

 

Pratt, Keith L. Korean painting. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1995.

 

Vos, K. Korean painting : a selection of eighteenth to early twentieth century painting from the collection of Cho Won-Kyung. Leiden, The Netherlands : Ukiyo-e Books, 1994.

 

 

Korean Traditional Martial Art

 

Lee, Kyong Myong. Taekwondo : philosophy & culture. Elizabeth, N.J. : Hollym, c2001.

 

葉萊, 周五一, 李維高. 跆拳道 : 堅韌精博的東方強身武術. 北京 : 北京體育大學出版社, 1991.

 

以煜, 彥紅. 圖解跆拳道技擊全書. 長沙市: 湖南科學技術出版社, 1994.


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