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This extraordinary book features significant works of art from the Kobe City Museum, whose collection focuses on Western-style Japanese art created between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.... read more »

Japan's Momoyama period (1573-1615) was brief but dramatic, witnessing the struggles of a handful of ambitious warlords for control of the long-splintered country and then the emergence of a united... read more »

Renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an avid and important collector and dealer of Asian art. His personal collection included thousands of Japanese color woodblock prints, and it was his... read more »

Take a tour of Japan guided by National Geographic -- for generations synonymous with the thrill of discovery and exploration. Featured sites include both famous and lesser known places, selected to... read more »

A time of dramatic social and political change, and of brilliant artistic innovation and achievement, the Momoyama period (1568-1615) was one of the most dynamic eras in Japan's history. This book... read more »

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The Cleveland Museum of Art's Art of Japan features selections from three thousand years of Japanese art assembled since the museum opened in 1916. Many works in the collection are recognised in... read more »

Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, is probably Japan's most popular Buddhist deity. Images of Kannon - who hears the cries for help of all beings in distress - are the main focus of worship in... read more »

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