Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan

by Andrew M. Watsky

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Winner of the 2006 Shimada Prize from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies, Kyoto, Japan

Winner of the 2006 John Whitney Hall Book Prize from the Association for Asian Studies

Chikubushima, a sacred island north of the ancient capital of Kyoto, attracted the attention of Japan's rulers in the Momoyama period (1568-1615) and became a repository of their art, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295983272
• ISBN13: 9780295983271
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.1" x 10.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher