Title: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868
Author: Yoshiaki Shimizu
Publisher: National Gallery of Art Washington, 1989
ISBN: 0-8946-8122-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 402 pages, 30 cm by 22.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Tōsōgu
ID: B0296
Superb catalog for what must have been an amazing exhibition in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Includes more then 20 mostly famous and superb armours.
Book Review: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868 by Yoshiaki Shimizu
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a very important book to understand the aesthetics of the bushido class.
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