This document provides information about a book titled "Lethal Elegance: The Art of Samurai Sword Fittings" published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The book features over 150 photographs and discussions of the elaborate metal fittings that adorned samurai swords, which reflected codes of honor and status. While the swords were deadly weapons, the fittings were also works of art that expressed personal style. The book's author, Joe Earle, is an expert on Japanese art and has written several other publications focused on Japanese culture. It is available for purchase from the MFA bookstore.
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This is a home trend presentation I created to demonstrate how the Tudor Romance trend in fashion can be translated to home decor design. Through use of textured fabrics such as brocades, jacquards, velvets, and leather, and a rich, deep color palette, a decadent, extravagant feeling is conveyed.
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Opened in 1968, the Tokyo National Museum includes an excellent and eclectic collection of non-Japanese Eastern art, in particular Chinese and Korean arts that ranges from textiles to sculpture and ceramics. Because of the vast scope of its exhibits, this slideshow is concentrated only on the development of art in Japan, with emphasis on the development of Japanese paintings. From the pre-historic artefacts, it is evident how little we known about the ancient cultures that existed in Japan before history. It fires our imagination as what kind of cultures that these people left behind. “Between the fourth century and the ninth century, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor.” Wikipedia. This slideshow is a sketch of the major developments in paintings from its beginning in the 11C to early 20C.
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A portfolio of photographs of Japan, its unique style, at once so simple and so complex. Black & white photographs plus commentary, taken in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Sendai and Morioka, in connection with the World Craft Council Conference in 1978.
Hardcover with jacket, 11” x 8.5”, 48 pages, 52 images, published 2009, $80 ppd.
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Opened in 1968, the Tokyo National Museum includes an excellent and eclectic collection of non-Japanese Eastern art, in particular Chinese and Korean arts that ranges from textiles to sculpture and ceramics. Because of the vast scope of its exhibits, this slideshow is concentrated only on the development of art in Japan, with emphasis on the development of Japanese paintings. From the pre-historic artefacts, it is evident how little we known about the ancient cultures that existed in Japan before history. It fires our imagination as what kind of cultures that these people left behind. “Between the fourth century and the ninth century, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor.” Wikipedia. This slideshow is a sketch of the major developments in paintings from its beginning in the 11C to early 20C.
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A portfolio of photographs of Japan, its unique style, at once so simple and so complex. Black & white photographs plus commentary, taken in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Sendai and Morioka, in connection with the World Craft Council Conference in 1978.
Hardcover with jacket, 11” x 8.5”, 48 pages, 52 images, published 2009, $80 ppd.
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As the soul of the samurai, the sword is famously both the symbol and instrument
of Japanese military prowess. Less known, at least in the West, is its role as a
fashion accessory or status symbol. And more than the weapon itself, it was the
sword's metal fittings that reflected the complexities of samurai life, from codes of
honor to flamboyant leisure - and that remain among the most sophisticated and
accomplished metalwork ever created. Lethal Elegance presents 150 of these
remarkable sword fittings, and is one of the few books in a western language to
focus on their styles and techniques. It discusses the visual effects achieved with
different alloys, the evolution of fittings following changes in warfare, the
symbolism of motifs, and standards for connoisseurship. Nearly all these fittings
were once owned by trained swordsmen, and the weapons they ornamented could
surely inflict fatal wounds. But their extraordinary variety and beauty also reveal
them as wonders of self-expression and personal style.
About the Author
3. Joe Earle is Vice-President of Japan Society, New York, and Director of Japan
Society Gallery. He was formerly Chair of the Department of Art of Asia, Oceania,
and Africa at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he initiated several gallery
and documentation projects, including the digitization and release to the web of
the Museum's world-famous collection of Japanese woodblock prints. He has
presented many exhibitions in Great Britain and the United STates, among them
"Visions of Japan" (1991) and "Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in
Contemporary Japanese Art" (2011). He has also written, edited, and translated
many books on Japanese art and culture, including Netsuke: Fantasy and Reality in
Japanese Miniature Sculpture; The Japanese Sword; Japanese Art and Design; Flower
Bronzes of Japan; The Index of Inro Artists; New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters;
and Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile.
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