Impressions 42 Part One of Double Issue
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In This Issue
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The Functional Beauty of the Japanese Box
Shirley Z. Johnson
63
Lee E. Dirks: In Print
Interview
101
Jeffrey W. Pollard: A Collection Growing in Scotland
Rosina Buckland
125
An Innovative Takatori Dish for Chanoyu
Andrew L. Maske
131
Supersize Sumo Wrestlers: Selected Imagery
Noriko Okubo
149
“And the bird’s beak became a bird”: Watanabe Seitei’s Pigeons at Sensō-ji
Kit Brooks
Tributes
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Shimizu Hisao (1953–2020): A Man of Parts
Veronica Miller
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Anders Rikardson (1955–2020): A Lifelong Devotion to Art
Geoffrey Oliver
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Lea Sneider (1925–2020): Art Lover
David A. Sneider
Review
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The Politics of Painting: Fascism and Japanese Art During the Second World War. By Asato Ikeda
Stephanie Su
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Impressions of Japan
Glass Flowing Like Water: Monika Bincsik introduces a Kyoto artist
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Contributors
Chronology
Japan
Protoliterate Era c. 10,500 BCE–538 CE
Jōmon period c. 10,500 BCE–c. 300 BCE
Yayoi period c. 300 BCE–c. 300 CE
Kofun period c. 300 CE–538 CE
Asuka period 538–710
Nara period 710–794
Heian period 794–1185
Kamakura period 1185–1333
Nanbokuchō period 1336–1392
Muromachi period 1392–1573
Momoyama period 1573–1615
Edo period 1615–1868
Meiji period 1868–1912
Taishō period 1912–1926
Shōwa period 1926–1989
Heisei period 1989–2019
Reiwa period 2019–present