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Japanese Visual Arts
This is a list for books featuring or about Japanese visual arts including calligraphy, painting, ikebana, woodblock prints, ceramics, architecture, etc.
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A History of Japanese Art: From Prehistory to the Taisho Period
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3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Ryukyu - Okinawa Impressionism: Art of Ryukyu / Okinawa
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Wave and Ripple Design Book
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4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Neon Spectacular: Japan: A Photographic Documentary of the Japanese Neon Industry
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77 Dances: Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars 1568-1868
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4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers
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4.36 avg rating — 104 ratings
score: 98,
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening Classic
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4.08 avg rating — 84 ratings
score: 97,
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Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art
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Kazuko Todate (Contributor)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 96,
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Ukiyo-e: 250 Years of Japanese Art
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4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings
score: 95,
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Japanese Prints
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4.28 avg rating — 519 ratings
score: 94,
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One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
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Hiroshige Utagawa (Illustrator)
4.60 avg rating — 632 ratings
score: 93,
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Major Themes in Japanese Art (Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Vol. 1)
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2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 92,
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The Beginnings of Japanese Art
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3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 91,
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Shinto art: Ise and Izumo shrines
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3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 90,
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Asuka Buddhist Art: Horyu-ji
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4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 89,
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Nara Buddhist Art: Todai-ji
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 88,
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The Silk Road and the Shoso-in
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score: 87,
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Temples of Nara and Their Art
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score: 86,
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Art in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, 8) (English and Japanese Edition)
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score: 85,
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Heian Temples: Byodo-in and Chuson-ji
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score: 84,
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Painting in the Yamato Style
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 83,
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Sculpture of the Kamakura Period (Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Series Vol 11)
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4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 82,
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Japanese Ink Painting: Shubun to Sesshu (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, No. 12) (English and Japanese Edition)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 81,
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Feudal Architecture of Japan (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V.13)
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 80,
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Momoyama Decorative Painting (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V.14)
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score: 79,
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Japanese Arts and the Tea Ceremony
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Tatsusaburo Hayashiya (Translator)
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 78,
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Japanese Costume and Textile Arts
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4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 77,
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Momoyama Genre Painting
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score: 76,
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Edo Painting: Sotatsu and Korin
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score: 75,
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The Namban Art of Japan
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score: 74,
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Edo Architecture: Katsura And Nikko
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3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 73,
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Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan (Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Vol. 21)
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4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 72,
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Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan (Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Volume 22) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]
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score: 71,
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Japanese painting in the literati style,
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Modern Currents in Japanese Art (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V. 24) (English and Japanese Edition)
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score: 69,
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Japanese Art in World Perspective: A Translation Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V. 25) (English and Japanese Edition)
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score: 68,
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Folk Arts and Crafts of Japan (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V. 26) (English and Japanese Edition)
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4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 67,
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The Art of Japanese Calligraphy
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3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 66,
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The Garden Art of Japan
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3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 65,
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The Art of Japanese Ceramics
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3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 64,
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Japanese Art: A Cultural Appreciation
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Hokusai
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4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 62,
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Kuniyoshi
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4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 61,
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Hokusai: One Hundred Poets
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Japanese Art: Masterpieces in Painting, Sculpture and Architecture by Stefano Vecchia (2005-05-03)
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4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 59,
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101 Great Samurai Prints
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4.30 avg rating — 71 ratings
score: 58,
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Japanese Art
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3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings
score: 57,
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Rimpa: Decorative Japanese Painting
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Toshinobu Yasumura (editor)
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 56,
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The Art of Japanese Architecture
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3.96 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Art of the Japanese Garden
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The Art of Japanese Architecture
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4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Bonsai
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4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Japanese Painting
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3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Kyoto gardens: masterworks of the Japanese gardener's art
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4.16 avg rating — 56 ratings
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