Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, textile printing, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy, ukiyo-e woodblock, a distinctive architectural style - along with a myriad of other types of works of art. It also has a long history, ranging from the beginnings of human habitation in Japan, sometime in the 10th millennium BC, to the present.

Collected together in a unique DVD Rom we present 65 rare vintage books on the subject of Japanese Art. Covers a wide range of subjects including those aspects of art mentioned above and also some examination of Chinese and Oriental Arts in general along with the broad nature of the art and cultural life in Japan in general. Each book, in PDF format, is a high resolution scan of the original pages so you will be reading each book exactly as intended. Perfect reference material for anyone interested in Japanese style, graphic arts, students of art, designers, tattoo artists etc.

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Includes 100’s of quality illustrations, photographs and examples of Japanese art work.

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The following books are included on the disc:

A Glimpse at the Art of Japan - J Jackson Jarves (1876)
An Artist's Letters from Japan - J La Farge (1897)
Art of Old Japan - B Matsuki (1904)
Artistic Japan illustrations & Essays Vol 4 - S Bing (1800)
Artistic Japan illustrations & Essays Vol 5 - S Bing (1800)
Artistic Japan illustrations & Essays Vol 6 - S Bing (1800)
Arts & Crafts of Old Japan - S Dick (1909)
Buddhist Art in its Relation to Buddhist Ideals, with Special Reference to Buddhism in Japan - M Anesaki (1915)
Catalogue of Fukuba's Collection of One Hundred Ukiyoé Paintings - Y Kuwabara (1911)
Chats on Japanese Prints - A Davidson Ficke (1915)
Designs Selected from Ukiyoe Prints (1860)
Dogs of China & Japan, in Nature & Art - VWF Collier (1921)
Ema, the Votive Pictures of Japan - JH De Forest (1914)
Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art, an Outline History of East Asiatic Design Vol 1 - EF Fenollosa (1921)
Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art, an Outline History of East Asiatic Design Vol 2 - EF Fenollosa (1921)
Handbook of the Old Shrines & Temples & Their Treasures in Japan - S Monbusho (1920)
Hokusai, the Old Man Mad with Painting - EF Strange (1906)
Impressions of Japanese Architecture & the Allied Arts - R Adams Cram (1905)
Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the School of the Japanese Colourprints Artists - D Amsden (1905)
In Japan; Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art - G Migeon (1908)
Japan & its Art - MB Huish (1912)
Japan in Art & Industry; With a Glance at Japanese Manners & Customs - F Régamey (1893)
Japan in History, Folk Lore & Art - W Elliot Griffis (1892)
Japan; Its Architecture, Art, & Art Manufactures - C Dresser (1882)
Japanese Art - S Hartmann (1904)
Japanese Collections; Frank W. Gunsaulus Hall - Field Museum of Natural History (1922)
Japanese Colour Prints by Utagawa Toyokuni - EF Strange (1913)
Japanese Designs from Ukiyoe Prints (1860)
Japanese Designs Volume 1 (unknown)
Japanese Designs Volume 2 (unknown)
Japanese Illustrations; a History of the Arts of Wood-Cutting & Colour Printing in Japan - EF Strange (1904)
Japanese Swords Guards - Okabe-Kakuya (1908)
Japanese Wood Engravings; Their History, Technique & Characteristics - W Anderson (1895)
Jinbutsu Gafu; Meika - Utagawa Yoshimori (1800)
Keramic Art of Japan Vol 1 - G Audsley & J Bowes (1875)
Keramic Art of Japan Vol 2 - G Audsley & J Bowes (1875)
Leathers of old Japan - B Matsuki (1910)
Lectures on Japanese Art Work - E Hart (1886)
Mythological Japan; the Symbolisms of Mythology in Relation to Japanese Art, with Illustrations Drawn in Japan, by Native Artists - AF Otto (1902)
On Collecting Japanese Colour-Prints - B Stewart (1914)
On the Laws of Japanese Painting; an Introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan - HP Bowie (1911)
Painting in the Far East; an Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, Especially China & Japan - L Binyon (1913)
Studies in the Decorative Art of Japan - F Taylor Piggott (1910)
Temple Treasures of Japan - G Chatfield Pier (1914)
The ABC of Japanese Art - JF Blacker (1911)
The Arts of Japan - E Dillon (1909)
The Colour-Prints of Japan - EF Strange (1904)
The Flight of the Dragon; an Essay on the Theory & Practice of Art in China & Japan - L Binyon (1911)
The Flower Art of Japan - M Averill (1915)
The Heritage of Hiroshige; a Glimpse of Japanese Landscape Art - D Amsden (1912)
The Ornamental Arts of Japan Vol 1 - G Audsley (1882)
The Ornamental Arts of Japan Vol 2 - G Audsley (1882)
The Spirit of Japanese Art - Y Noguchi (1915)
Three Essays on Oriental Painting - S Taki (1910)

Foreign Language Texts:

Die Kunst Ostasiens, der Umkreis ihres Denkens und Gestaltens - C Glaser (1922)
Hokousai - H Focillon (1914)
Hokusai - F Perzynski (1904)
L'Art en Chine et au Japon - E Fenollosa & G Migeon (1913)
L'Art Japonais - L Gonse(1900)
L'Art Japonais Volume 1 - L Gonse (1883)
L'Art Japonais Volume 2 - L Gonse (1883)
Les Maîtres de L'Estampe Japonaise - L Aubert (1914)
Livres & Albums Illustrés du Japon - T Duret (1900)
Objets d'Art de la Chine et du Japon - Hôtel Drouot (1903)
Shinsen Kodaimoyo Kangami; Nueva Serie de Modelos de Antiguas Telas - Kodama (1882)

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