Introduction / Natsu Oyobe and Allysa B. Peyton -- Kwan ko dzu setsu: A Textbook of Japanese Ceramics for Foreign Collectors / Princess Akiko of Mikasa -- Collecting Art and Culture: The Case of Edward Sylvester Morse / Midori Oka -- Fluctuating Authenticity: The Journey of a Ninsei Tea Bowl at the Royal Ontario Museum / Akiko Takesue -- A Century of Collecting for Artists and Designers at the RISD Museum / Wai Yee Chiong -- Prints for Portland: The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection / Jeannie Kenmotsu -- Avery Brundage and the Formation of the Asian Art Museum's Japanese Collection / Robert Mintz -- The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915 to 1951 / Sinead Vilbar -- Japanese Unglazed Ware at the University of Michigan Museum of Art: Exchange between Japanese and American Ceramic Artists, 1950s-1960s / Natsu Oyobe -- A Brush with Beauty: Japanese Paintings in the Indianapolis Museum of Art / John Tadao Teramoto -- Making Visible Again: Postwar Japanese Art at the Dallas Museum of Art / Vivian Li.
Summary:
"This richly illustrated volume addresses the history of collecting Japanese art and the factors that contributed to the growth of collections in North America following the Meiji Restoration in 1868"-- Provided by publisher. "Illuminating the history of collecting Japanese art This richly illustrated volume addresses the history of collecting Japanese art and the factors that contributed to the growth of collections in North America following the Meiji Restoration in 1868. With wide-ranging essays that fill in gaps in the scholarly investigation of the subject, art historians discuss the historical development of the Japanese aesthetic and examine questions of connoisseurship, authenticity, and controversial collectors and their current-day reception. The volume also features case studies on the formation of Japanese art collections in North America, exploring the diverse array of factors that contributed to their quality, contents, and the role that these collections play for their respective communities. Contributors delve into university and museum archives and interview art dealers, collectors, and artists to better understand their own collections. They present original research on cross-pollination and dialogue between artists from Japan and the United States, the development and growth of museums, and the personal histories of the people who shaped art collections. Together, these essays illustrate the shifting priorities in the collection of Japanese art across 150 years. "-- Provided by publisher.
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