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Lords of the samurai : the legacy of a daimyo family / by Yoko Woodson ; with the assistance of Melissa M. Rinne ; essays by Takeuchi Junʼichi, Thomas Cleary, and Deborah Clearwaters ; additional contributions by Abe Junko ... [and others] ; prefaces by Hosokawa Morihiro and Jay Xu ; translations by Thomas Cleary and Melissa M. Rinne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodson, Yoko.
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Hosokawa family.
- Samurai--Exhibitions.
- Samurai.
- Decorative arts--Japan--History--Edo period, 1600-1868--Exhibitions.
- Decorative arts.
- Hosokawa family--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Art museums.
- History.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 222 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco] : Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, [2009]
- Summary:
- 'Lords of the Samurai' illuminates the private and public lives of the daimyo by focusing on approximately 160 works from the Hosokawa family collection housed in the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Tokyo, the Kumamoto Castle and the Kumamoto Municipal Museum in Kyushu.
- Contents:
- Foreword: warriors and the literary arts / Takeuchi Junʼichi
- Emergence and development of the samurai / Yoko Woodson
- Bushidō : the culture of the Samurai / Thomas Cleary.
- Notes:
- "This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Lords of the Samurai: Legacy of a Daimyo Family', organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Eisei-Bunko Hosokawa Collection, Tokyo. The exhibition was presented in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum from June 12 through September 20, 2009."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references, "Recommended readings" (pages 220-221) and index of names.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780939117468
- 0939117460
- 9780939117475
- 0939117479
- OCLC:
- 255893163
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