Relates the true story of masterless samurai (ronin) who avenged their lord's death and came to represent the ultimate ideal of self-sacrifice.

The 47 Ronin: A Story of Samurai Loyalty and Courage

Arts & Photography

Barry Till

Individual Artists

Pomegranate

During the brief Meiji period, Japan underwent an astonishing metamorphosis from feudal state to modern industrial and military power. The nation's policy of isolationism, sakoku (closed country) initiated in 1639, was abruptly challenged in 1853 when Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four awe-inspiring iron vessels locally known as "black ships." Faced with superior military technology, The Japanese were compelled to sign trade treaties withw the United States and other Western countries. Soon, after some bloodshed, the final shogunate dictatorship, the Tokugawa, gave way to the sovereignty of the emperor and a restoration movement that worked hard to shape the new Japan by amalgamating Eastern and Western ideas. Emporer Meiji, would ultimately become the symbol of a modernized Japan, and his reign would represent one of the most remarkable periods in modern world history.

Japan Awakens: Woodblock Prints of the Meiji Period 1868-1912

History & Criticism

Antique Chinese Cloisonne

Paula Swart

Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria, Victoria. British Columbia, Canada, 1983

Chinese jade: Stone for the emperors

History

Asia

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

An examination of the important role of Zen Buddist art in Japanese society. With discussions on Zen painting and calligraphy. Illustrated with 35 colour plates.

Less is More/ Moins, C'est Plus: Japanese Zen Painting from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century/ Peintures zen japonaises du 17e au 20e siecle (English and French Edition)

This splendid publication celebrates and documents several new major donations including 500 ancient bronze, silver and gold items from China and Central Asia, an important collection of early jade, bronze and ceramic artefacts from the famous Shang ruins, and much more. A scholarly essay provides a detailed analysis of their uses and the skill with which they were crafted. This richly illustrated publication offers unrivaled material for the study of daily life across the length and breadth of ancient China, revealing to us the different classes of people found in China and how they prepared for the afterlife. Essential reading for scholars, collectors and students of Chinese and Central Asian history and archeology. With over 100 color illustrations.

Treasures Unearthed: Chinese Archaeological Artefacts from Shang to Tang

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria / ABC Art Books Canada

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