Tokyo: Form and Spirit

Exhibition catalog. 160 illustrations, including 120 plates in full color. Essays and commentaries by Rand Castile, Yuichiro Kojiro, Donald Richie, Johei Sasaki, Marc Treib, Richard Danziger, Mark Holborn, Amy Reigle Newland, Gail Y. Okawa, Emily Sano, and others. Covers the entire spectrum of Japanese art from the Tokugawa period (or 1603, when Edo, now Tokyo, became the capital) to the present. Works of art are discussed in relation to the exhibition's themes of everyday life: walking; working; home life, including toys and hobbies; and important influences such as sky and water. 256p.”