The Great Japan Exhibition : art of the Edo period 1600-1868 : Royal Academy of Arts London 1981-2 /

The Great Japan Exhibition : art of the Edo period 1600-1868 : Royal Academy of Arts London 1981-2 / edited by William Watson. - [London] : [The Academy] in association with Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1981. - 365 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map, 1 portrait ; 29 cm.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and organized by the Royal Academy and the Japan Foundation. Dates of the exhibition - Part 1: 24 October - 20 December 1981 - Part 2: 28 December 1981 - 21 February 1982.

Bibliography: p351. - Includes index.

Preface / Kentaro Hayashi -- Preface / Hugh Casson -- The great Japan exhibition : a foreword / Nicolas Wolfers -- Edo Japan : politics and foreign relations / W. G. Beasley -- Society and economy in the Edo period / Masahide Bito -- Art in Momoyama and Edo / William Watson.

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Art, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868--Exhibitions.