SEP 2002

VOLUME 33 - NUMBER 7

Japan dominates this month's issue, with articles covering art from the 12th to the early 20th century. Samuel Morse traces the role of the bodhisattva Jizo in Japanese Buddhism, with examples from the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art. Marking an exhibition of Shingon Buddhist works at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Julia White discusses a shrine brought from China during the Tang dynasty. Japan's opening to the West during the Meiji period broadened the market for ceramics and textiles; Joe Earle gives an overview of how Japanese producers adapted their styles and promotional techniques to meet the new demand from abroad. Paul Berry examines images of Daruma by a highly prolific artist to show that subtle differences reveal an emphasis on spontaneity over mass production. An upcoming exhibition of paintings from their collection is the occasion for Patricia Graham's interview with Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen. In the realm of Chinese art, David Caldwell introduces highlights from an exhibition devoted to the Qianlong emporor. This is the first time since the establishment of the People's Republic of China that art from the Palace Museum has been shown in Britain.

FEATURES
Paul Berry. Meaning and Multiplicity: The Daruma Images of Nantenbo
Joe Earle. Marketing the Marvellous: The Promotion of Textiles and Ceramics in the Later Meiji Era
Julia M. White. Kobo Daishi's Shrine: The Transmission of Buddhist Iconography
Samuel C. Morse. Jizo in Mediaeval Japan: Three Works from the Collection of the Ruth & Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Arts of Asia & Oceania Show - Preview Highlights
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Yip Shing Yiu
Patricia Graham. An Interview with Kurt A. Gitter and Alice Rae Yelen
NEWS
Margaret Tao. Gallery News
Bruce Gordon Doar. Obituary: Hans van Dijk (1946-2002)
Diana Collins. Obituary: Helen Perrell (1904-2002)
Wu Hung. Obituary: Wilma Cannon Fairbank (1909-2002)