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Lords of the samurai : the legacy of a daimyo family

Title: Lords of the samurai : the legacy of a daimyo family / by Yoko Woodson ; with the assistance of Melissa M. Rinne ; essays by Takeuchi Junʼichi, Thomas Cleary, and Deborah Clearwaters ; additional contributions by Abe Junko [and others] ; prefaces by Hosokawa Morihiro and Jay Xu ; translations by Thomas Cleary and Melissa M. Rinne.
Author: Woodson, Yoko
Publication: [San Francisco] : Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, ©2009.

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xvii, 222 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

'Lords of the Samurai' illuminates the private and public lives of the daimyo by focusing on approximately 160 works from the Hosokawa family collection housed in the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Tokyo, the Kumamoto Castle and the Kumamoto Municipal Museum in Kyushu.

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"This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Lords of the Samurai: Legacy of a Daimyo Family', organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Eisei-Bunko Hosokawa Collection, Tokyo. The exhibition was presented in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum from June 12 through September 20, 2009"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references, "Recommended readings" (p. 220-221) and index of names.

Contents

Foreword: warriors and the literary arts / Takeuchi Junʼichi -- Emergence and development of the samurai / Yoko Woodson -- Bushidō : the culture of the Samurai / Thomas Cleary.

ISBN

9780939117468
0939117460
9780939117475
0939117479
9780939117802
0939117800

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2015514056

OCLC

ocn255893163
SCSB-14515363

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Princeton University Library