Society for Japanese Arts

Vereniging voor Japanse Kunst

Publications

Books

Catalogues and Studies

Contact us for more information about the following publications at this e-mail address: . Please note that just like our magazine Andon most of these publications are sent only to members of the SJA. See the membership section about how to become a member.

 
A Brush with Animals
Japanese paintings 1700-1950

This richly illustrated catalogue accompanied our Society's 70th anniversary exhibition from 22 December 2007 to 2 March 2008 at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. It is authored by Robert Schaap and published by Hotei Publishing. There are 206 pages with essays by Willem van Gulik, Dan McKee, Andrew Thompson, Arendie Herwig-Kempers and Henk Herwig. Both hardback and paperback edition have 300 full-colour illustrations.

The catalogue can be ordered at Hotei Publishing, which is an imprint of BRILL. You can send your order to klompmakers@brill.nl. Also see the catalogue section at www.brill.nl for more information about 'A Brush with Animals'.

Hardback edition:
ISBN 978 9070216 078
24,5 * 29,7 cm
List Price: € 79,- / US$ 117,-
(prices are without V.A.T. and shipping costs)

Paperback edition:
ISBN 978 9070216 085
24,5 * 29,7 cm
List Price: € 55,- / US$ 81,-
(prices are without V.A.T. and shipping costs)

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Facing Modern Times
The Revival of Japanese Lacquer Art

1890-1950
By Jan Dees
PhD thesis, Leiden University, 15 March 2007.
175 pages, 234 (mostly) full-colour illustrations.
24 x 17 cm, soft cover.

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Heroes of the grand pacification
Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyû den

By Elena Varshavskaya.
Catalogue accompanying the 2007 exhibition Fifty Samurai in the Army Museum at Delft.
189 pages, 16 b&w illustrations and 50 full-colour illustrations of the complete set of prints in this series.
29.7 x 24,5 cm, soft cover.

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Verzameld & Gekoesterd
Japanse Kunst uit Nederlands particulier bezit

By various authors, only in the Dutch language.
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition in 2000 in the Westfries Museum at Hoorn.
48 pages, 61 full color illustrations.
29.7 x 21 cm, soft cover.

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Stars from the stage in Osaka
Early 19th-century Japanese kabuki prints

By Matthi Forrer
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition in 1994 in the Frans Halsmuseum at Haarlem.
72 pages, 52 b/w and 6 full color illustrations.
22.5 x 22.5 cm, soft cover.

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Kagamibuta
Mirrors of Japanese life and legend

By Dieuwke Eijer
Monograph on kagamibuta, based on a study of 400 items (mostly from the Baur Collection, Geneva).
1994, 96 pages, 120 ills. incl. 50 in color, 25 x 25 cm, hard cover
Jointly published by the Heinz M. Kaempfer Fund & the Baur Collection

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Beauty & Violence
Japanese prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892

By Robert Schaap and Eric van den Ing with an introduction by John Stevenson
Catalogue accompanying exhibitions in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1992.
168 pages, 28,5 x 28,5 cm, soft cover catalogue with over 200.
ills. of which 73 in full color.

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Meiji - Japanese art in transition
Ceramics, cloissoné, lacquer, prints, illustrated books, drawings and paintings from the Meiji period (1868-1912)

Essays by F. Vos, Oliver Impey, Malcolm Fairley, E.A. Wrangham and Roger Keyes
Catalogue by Frits Scholten, Jan Dees and Robert Schaap
Edited by Robert Schaap
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition in 1987 in the Haags Gemeentemuseum.
168 pages, 48 color and 227 b/w ills., 29.7 x 21 cm, soft cover

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Ukiyo-e studies and pleasures
A collection of essays on the art of Japanese prints

Edited by H.M. Kaempfer
Collection of six articles published on the occasion of the Society’s 40th anniversary in 1978.
84 pages, 103 ills., 29.7 x 21 cm, soft cover

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The fascinating world of the Japanese artist
A collection of essays on Japanese art

Edited by H.M. Kaempfer and Jhr. W.O.G. Sickinghe
A collection of essays, of which five on ukiyo-e subjects, two dealing with other fields of woodblock printing and four on various subjects.
1971, 100 pages, 64 ills. incl. 8 in color, 24.5 x 18 cm, soft cover

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