Author: Kunsthistorisch Museum
Title: Japanese Amazement - Japanse verwondering
Description: Amsterdam. Kunsthistorisch Museum. 2000. First Edition. Octavo. Hardcover:pictorial boards. Very Good. 109 pages, text in Dutch and English. Profoundly illustrated with full colour and black & white images. A book to accompany the exhibition on the artist Shiba Kokan (1747 - 1818). He was quite taken with 'the westeners' that came to Japan. He fell under the spell of European culture. This artist was the focus of the exhibition. His art shows how he viewed the West and how he interpreted western art.

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