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Author:

Brandt, Kim.

Title:

Kingdom of beauty : mingei and the politics of folk art in Imperial Japan / Kim Brandt.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

x, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Folk art--Japan.
Decorative arts--Japan.
Art, Japanese--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.
Art populaire--Japon.
Arts décoratifs--Japon.
Art japonais--20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Art et guerre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index.

Contents:

The beauty of sorrow -- The discovery of mingei -- New mingei in the 1930s -- Mingei and the wartime state, 1937-1945 -- Renovating Greater East Asia.

Series:

Asia-Pacific

ISBN:

0822340003 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822340003 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822339838 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822339830 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006037999

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)