Artists Letters From Japan / Edition 1

by John La Forage

Overview

First Published in 2001. Written by the doyen of American impressionist painters, La Farge, during his travels in Japan with Henry Adams in the latter part of the nineteenth century, writes with amazing sensitivity and observation about the whole of Japanese society at that time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780710306906
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/02/2001
Series:	Kegan Paul Japan Library
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor John La Farge 1835-1910 JOHN LA FARGE was a painter, writer and traveller.

Table of Contents

AN ARTIST'S LETTERS FROM JAPAN, FROM TOKIO TO NIKKO, THE SHRINES OF IYEYAS? AND IYEMITS? IN THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF NIKKO, IYEMITS?, TAO : THE WAY, JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE, BRIC-A-BRAC , SKETCHING, NIRVANA, SKETCHING.—THE FLUTES OF IYÉYAS?, SKETCHING.—THE PAGODA IN RAIN, FROM NIKKO TO KAMAKURA, NIKKO TO YOKOHAMA, YOKOHAMA —KAMAKURA, KIOTO, A JAPANESE DAY.—FROM KIOTO TO GIFU, FROM KAMBAR, MIYANOSHITA —A LETTER FROM A KAGO