This most<\/b> comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Japanese artists has been continuously in print and used by scholars and connoisseurs of Japanese art since first published in 1977. The pertinent facts related to approximately 3000 painters, printmakers, sculptors, potters, and lacquerware makers born before 1900 are concisely listed, including their art names (in kanji and romanized), brief biographies, descriptions of their work, collections in which their work is included, and books and periodicals in which their work is discussed or illustrated. Extensive appendixes, glossary, bibliography and complete indexes – including artists by alternate names and Japanese characters – make this an essential reference for all those interested in Japanese and East Asian art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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