| ISBN |
0691191166 (hardcover) |
| 9780691191164 (hardcover) |
| Title |
The life of animals in Japanese art / edited by Robert T. Singer, Kawai Masatomo ; with essays by Barbara R. Ambros, Tom Hare, Federico Marcon ; and contributions by Arakawa Masaaki [and 23 others] |
| Publisher |
Washington DC : National Gallery of Art, Tokyo : Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019 |
| Physical desc. |
xix, 323 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The life of animals in Japanese art', held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 5 May-28 July 2019, and the exhibition 'Every living thing: animals in Japanese art', held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, 8 September-8 December 8 2019. |
| Published in association with Princeton University Press. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-317) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prefaces / Robert T. Singer, Kawai Masatomo -- A place for animals in Japanese letters: beasts and beasties - pests, partners, and pets / Tom Hare -- Cultivating compassion and accruing merit: animal release rites during the Edo period / Barbara R. Ambros -- All creatures great and small: Tokugawa Japan and its animals / Federico Marcon -- Plates. |
| Corporate name |
National Gallery of Art (U.S.) -- Exhibitions |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Animals in art -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Japanese -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions |
| Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Japan -- Exhibitions |
| Human-animal relationships -- Japan -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Singer, Robert T. editor |
| Kawai, Masatomo editor |
| Ambros, Barbara 1968- contributor |
| Hare, Thomas Blenman 1952- contributor |
| Marcon, Federico 1972- contributor |
| Arakawa, Masaaki 1961- contributor |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
| Kokusai Kōryū Kikin |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
