Yoko Woodson

Matthew P. McKelway

Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Asian Art Museum, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, and Kyoto National Museum and presented at the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center, Dec. 3, 2005-Feb. 26, 2006--T.p. verso.

Groundbreaking Painters of Eighteenth-century Kyoto

Traditions Unbound

Richard L. Mellott

Japanese Art in the Harry G.C. Packard Collection

Exquisite Pursuits

Julia M. White

Reiko Mochinaga Brandon

Reproduces 200 prints by the most important and prolific Japanese artists of the 19th century.

Great Japanese Prints from the James A Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts

Hokusai and Hiroshige

Takeuchi Jun'ichi

Deborah Clearwaters

Samurai means ôhe who serves,ö and these fierce warriors acted in the service of powerful feudal lords known as daimyo. Among the most important daimyo families were members of the Hosokawa clan, whose lineage dates back some six hundred years. 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. Objects discussed include suits of armor, armaments (including swords and guns), formal attire, calligraphy, paintings, tea ware, lacquer ware, masks and musical instruments. Featuring an extended essay by Thomas Cleary, Lords of the Samurai lays bare the principles that governed the spirit of the samurai, enabling it to endure for hundreds of years and continue to resonate today.

The Legacy of a Daimyo Family

Lords of the Samurai

Yoko Woodson

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