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Japanese art RAYMOND JOHNES A MORE THAN SIXTY WORKS OF ART IN FULL COLOUR SPRING ART BOOKS JAPANESE ART a recent years the art of Japan has iceived more attention and investiga- on by Westerners than perhaps any ther Eastern art. The reasons are not ard to determine, for even the most ncient of Japanese forms have re- lined their freshness, inventiveness and olour; there is an immaculate clarity iherent in Japanese art which appeals D the Western eye; and finally it is ssentially the Japanese approach to art - as something which should express — he pleasures of the physical world I'hich makes such an impact on us. The freshness and vivacity ofJapa- lese art is what this volume will succeed nconveyingto the reader.The48colour eproductions, touching on all the me- lia in which the Japanese have ex- — :elled sculpture, painting, metal- vork, lacquer, textiles, ceramics and :olour prints — have been made from lewly taken photographs. The most beautiful as well as the most representa- live objects have been chosen, with special emphasis on the superb and unique pieces which are to be found in the temples and museums ofJapan, and which are indispensable to an apprecia- tion of Japanese art. The author. Captain Raymond Johnes, the well-known collector and author, has selected the colour plates, contributed an introduction which is a clear and perceptive background to the subject, and written a short introduction toeach ofthe forms covered inthecolour illustrations, tracing their origin and development. Japanese art . % 4f.^ \ ^ ^r^ >/- 0. .* ^v'^-^ '^^». / j:i. - t •>. •r^.7 /^" '<;^ ^. -m w i* J!^ •'. Ik ^^ SPRING ART BOOKS Japanese art Raymond Johnes SPRING BOOKS LONDON • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The pieces and paintings in this volume are reproduced by kind permission of the following galleries and collectors: the British Museum, London (Plates 2, 7, 8, 16, 26, 33, 34, 36, 38-47); The Hon. R. G. Erskine (Plate i); Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing (Plates 23, 24);John Hudisteanu, Esq. (Plate 19); R. SoameJenyns, Esq. (Plate 31); Clement Milward, Esq. (Plate25); B. W. Robinson, Esq. (Plate 48); Mrs Mariquita Sedgwick(Plate 18); W. W. Wink- worth, Esq. (Plate 25); Private Collection, London (Plates 31, 32, 33) 37);theauthor (Plates9, 17, 23, 24,26, 27, 35). The objects in Japan (Plates 3—6, 10-15, 20-22, 28—30) were photographed by the firm of Sakamoto, Tokyo, and those in London (Plates I, 2, 7—9, 16—19, 23—27, 31—48) by David Swann,Esq. The frontispiece illustrations. Ink paintings by Kano Motonobu — (1476 1559) are reproduced by courtesy ofthe author. This volume is dedicated to my colleagues of the Art Circle, the Japan Society of London, and in particular to their presiding ge- nius, Engineer-Commander A. R. Newman. istEdition 1961 4th Impression 1967 Published by SPRING BOOKS Drury House • Russell Street • WC2 © Paul Hamlyn Ltd 1961 Printedin CzechoslovakiabySvoboda,Prague T - 1803 Contents Map of Japan f AN I/; AP J 200 Mile^ SEA OF JAPAN REA .KO H N A N S I Na^oya ^~:^Asuka-Fu}\wara S *^ •voihino 50 d Miles NflCfli
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