Product Description: A comprehensive survey of the development of an independent modernism in Japanese art from the first abstract works at the beginning of the century to artistic approaches in the post-war period. Featuring more than 100 works by 26 Japanese artists, this volume is the first extensive documentation of the development of Japanese painting into a uniquely Japanese form of modernisma modernism which Japan developed in the course of its coming to terms with outside influences, and which is both contemporary and self-sufficient...read more

Product Description: Kazuo Shinohara is one of Japan's leading architects. Since his career began, in the 50s, he has designed over 30 residential buildings. More recently he has turned to museums and other public institutions. His early work is clearly linked to Japanese tradition...read more