The Art and Architecture of Japan by Robert Treat Paine, D. B. Waterhouse, Bunji Kobayashi, Alexander Soper

521 pages paperback 1956

2 editions

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Once slighted as mere copying from China, the arts of Japan are now seen as a unique alternation of advances and withdrawals. At times the islanders produced Chinese-style works of great beauty, unmatched on the continent. When they chose to be in...

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