On the laws of Japanese painting; an introduction to the study of the art of Japan / by Henry P. Bowie, with prefatory remarks by Iwaya Sazanami and Hirai Kinza ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowie, Henry P., 1848-1921.

Contributor:

Gilbert, Shirley, and Marilyn Luber Collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Japanese.

Penn Provenance:

Luber, Gilbert, -1999 (bookplate) (former owner)

Luber, Shirley (bookplate) (former owner)

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (donor)

Physical Description:

3 preliminary leaves, v-xv pages, 2 leaves, 3-117 pages, 1 leaves : LXVI plates (including frontispiece) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : P. Elder and Company, [1911]

Contents:

Personal experiences.

Art in Japan.

Laws for use of brush and materials.

Laws governing conception and execution.

Canons of the aesthetics in painting.

Subjects for Japanese painting (gwa dai)

Signatures and seals (rakkwan and in)

Explanation of headbands.

Notes:

"Illustrations from paintings especially executed for the author, by a number of distinguished artists of Japan, explanatory drawings by Shimada Sekko."

Plates I to VIII accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letter-press; plates IX to LXVI printed on both sides and accompanied by 9 leaves with descriptive letterpress.

OCLC:

492447