ISBN |
1628971843 (softcover) |
9781628971842 (softcover) |
Author |
Ushioda, Yoshiko 1931- |
Uniform Title |
Daburin de Nihon bijutsu no osewa o. English |
Title |
Caring for Japanese arts at the Chester Beatty Library : my half-century in Dublin / Yoshiko Ushioda ; translated from the Japanese by Etsuko Kanamori |
Edition |
First Dalkey Archive edition |
Publisher |
Victoria, TX ; Dublin : Dalkey Archive Press, 2018 |
Physical desc. |
xv, 143 pages ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Dalkey Archive scholarly series |
Note |
Originally published in Japanese: Dublin de Nihon bijutsu no osewa o : The Chester Beatty Library to watakushi no hanseiki (Tokyo : Heibonsha, 2014). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
The beginning of our half-century in Ireland -- My encounter with the Chester Beatty Library -- My neighbour, the father of hockey in Japan -- Small family and big family in Dublin -- The beginning of my days at the Chester Beatty Library -- Sir Chester Beatty and his collections -- Heavenly -- Presenting nara ehon to the world -- Nara ehon conference in Tokyo and Kyoto -- Days and nights in Kyoto -- Wallet returned -- Reunion with my daughter in Tokyo -- Remounting prints, illness, and the surimono catalogue -- Sake at Chuson-ji Temple -- A meeting with a Japanese writer in Dublin -- The CBL collection's 'homecoming' -- Visiting old Kyoto -- Old sumo dolls -- Teaching history of Japanese culture at Trinity College -- Mr Peter Morse and the Great Hokusai Exhibition -- The chequered history of the 'Chogonka scroll' -- A route to rebirth of masterpieces -- Filming 'Beyond time and space' -- The Chester Beatty Library catalogue by the National Institute of Japanese Literature -- Nara ehon conference in Dublin 2008 -- From Kyoto, April 2013. |
Person as subject |
Ushioda, Yoshiko -- 1931- |
Corporate name |
Chester Beatty Library -- Employees -- Biography |
Subject |
Art museum curators -- Ireland |
Women library employees -- Ireland -- Biography |
Japanese -- Ireland -- Biography |
Art, Japanese -- Ireland -- Dublin |
Added name(s) |
Kanamori, Etsuko 1959- translator |