Australia: National Museum of Australia, 2018. Maps, illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, 119pp, paperback. 28.5 x 23.5cm. `So That You Might Know Each Other': Faith and Culture in Islam brings together nearly 100 objects from collections held in the Vatican, the Emirate of Sharjah and Australia, to... More
New Haven . Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2018. Coloured illustrations throughout, notes, bibliography, index, paperback, 223pp. 27.5 x 24cm. The Poetry of Nature offers an in-depth look at more than 40 extraordinary Japanese paintings that represent every major school and movement of the Edo period, including Kano, Rinpa, Nanga, Zen... More
United States: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018. Coloured maps, coloured illustrations throughout book, 163pp., index, bibliography, notes, pictorial cloth and papercovered boards. Hardback. 26 x 23.5cm. A dazzling exploration of the pictorial traditions inspired by Korea's legendary Diamond Mountains The Diamond Mountains, known in Korea as Mount Geumgang, are perhaps... More
[Japan]. [Circa Meiji Era]. 20 sheets. The smallest measures 22 x 40 and the largest measuring 35 x 45cm. Occasional makers stamps, notes, a few sheets show ink which has not been fully removed after use. Protective tissue backing on the more delicate sheets. One very small, thin (4cm x.... More
Shanghai. Watson. Kelly & Walsh. 1926. Number 283 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. 50 full page tipped-in plates by Donald Mennie of which 38 are photogravures and 12 are hand coloured silver gelatin plates. Each plate has an accompanying page of text by Lieutenant Commander Carey and is... More
Tokyo: Imperial Government Railways. (circa1910). 50 delicate hand coloured collotype plates on high quality stiff card each captioned in English, presented in Japanese embroidered silk covered boards with tassle ties, All edges gilt., patterned gilt endpapers.The hinges of each image have been professionally repaired with Japanese paper and wheat starch... More
United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2016. 35 activities; 300 color drawings, photos, and diagrams Chinese ink painting is an offshoot of calligraphy and is a beautiful and reflective art that's been revered in China for centuries. A wonderfully creative tool, The Art of Chinese Brush Painting is an excellent way for... More
![東海道名所膝栗毛画帖. [Tōkaidō eisho Hizakurige Gacho]. [Sketchbook of Famous Places Along the Tōkaidō Road by Shanks' Mare]. TŌKAIDŌ ROAD.](/pictures/thumb/160739.jpg?v=1547101824)
No date. [Taisho]. 60 full page colour plates + 11 pages of text, two volumes in one: Volume 1 depicting the journey from Edo to Hamamatsu on one side of the folded sheets of the accordion binding. Volume 2 depicting the journey from Hamamatsu to Osaka on the other side... More
![[Ukiyoe Album of Kabuki Actors]. UTAGAWA HIROSADA, UTAGAWA SADAYOSHI, HASEGAWA SADANOBU, UTAGAWA KUNIKAZU.](/pictures/thumb/136632.jpg?v=1546383994)
(circa1850). A beautiful Japanese colour woodblock concertina album of actors. 28 leaves featuring 16 full page woodblocks, 5 diptychs and 2 leaves with 2 images on each. 18.2 x 12.5cm. Some occasional insect damage and joins at fore edges professionally repaired with wheat starch paste. A little insect damage on... More
United States: Yale University Press, 2018. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 200pp, notes, bibliography, list of exhibited works, index. Pictorial boards, hardback. "All my work is based to some extent on Japanese art." -Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh's (1853-1890) encounter with Japanese ukiyo-e prints during his... More
United Kingdom: National Gallery Singapore, 2018. 50 colour and 50 b/w illustrations, 335pp, index, paperback. 24.5 x 17cm. `How does one define the art of a region without losing sight of cultural specificity? This question has often plagued art historical studies of the "global," but this exceptional collaborative research effort... More
