| ISBN |
9780300175936 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Elegant perfection : masterpieces of courtly and religious art from the Tokyo National Museum / Tokyo National Museum |
| Publisher |
[Houston, TX] : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2011 |
| Physical desc. |
127 p. ; col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
Published to coincide with an exhibition held 17 February-8 April 2012, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas. |
| Distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. |
| Donated by Mr Robert Towers, November 2016. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The history and collection of the Tokyo National Museum / Matsumoto Nobuyuki -- Buddhist art and courtly elegance / Shimatani Hiroyuki -- The Japanese people and waka poetry / Shimatani Hiroyuki -- Nirvana paintings in Japan / Seya Ai -- The sculpture of Dainichi Nyorai / Asami Ryusuke -- Buddhist ritual implements / Ito Shinji -- Musical instruments and the lacquer arts tradition / Takeuchi Namiko -- Japanese ceramics of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods / Imai Atsushi -- Jomon-period pottery and clay figurines / Shinagawa Yoshiya -- In situ: Buddhist art and ritual at the imperial court / Melissa McCormick. |
| Corporate name |
Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan -- Exhibitions |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Art, Japanese -- Exhibitions |
| Buddhist art -- Japan -- Exhibitions |
| Art -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Brand, Heather ed. |
| McCormick, Melissa 1967- |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
