Catalogues

All six books are in limited edition, extensively researched and illustrated. Overall photographs fill the first portion of the catalogues, followed by a section in the back with descriptions and background information.

Please contact the gallery to place an order,
telephone: 206-467-9077
email: kagedo@kagedo.com

 Shadowed Reflections: Japanese Views
$65.00, 195 pp, 195 color illustrations, cloth, dust jacket. 1997

A visual miscellany of fine Japanese art and antiques, spanning a wide spectrum of time periods and media. Included are examples of early Shinto art, Medieval and classical Edo Period ceramics, Mingei and tansu chests, fine Meiji and Taisho Era metalwork, lacquer, studio ceramics, carvings, and cloisonné, as well as Sencha and Scholar's objects, basketry and painting.

 Awaiting the Moon
$95.00, 171 pp, 160 color illustrations, cloth, dust jacket. 1998

A slightly larger folio size than the first catalogue, featuring larger photographs of the objects. Again we focus on a wide selection from the arts of Japan, from early Shinto and Buddhist arts through classical ceramics, folk art and textiles, fine Meiji and Taisho metalwork, lacquer, and okimono sculpture. Studio basketry, Sencha and scholar's objects, painting, and the modernism of the early 20th century are included as well.
 

 Blue Wind
SOLD OUT, 135 pp, 96 color illustrations, cloth, dust jacket. 2000

Introduction

Our standard oversized folio catalogue as Awaiting the Moon, this book focuses on twentieth century Japanese art, following a rough timeline through the century and including the broad spectrum of Japanese modernism. Elements of Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Constructivism in tension with traditional Japanese aesthetics display the amazing creativity of 20th century Japanese artists into the present. Included are examples of metalwork, lacquer, cloisonné, studio basketry, wood carvings, painting and textiles.
 

 Light Through Clouds, Modern Japanese Painting $130.00, 229 pp, 61 color illustrations with additional color details, cloth, dust jacket. 2005

Introduction

Our standard oversized folio catalogue, printed with extraordinary attention to color fidelity. Light Through Clouds looks at Nihonga or Japanese style painting from the first forty to fifty years of the 20th century, a period of great patronage and creativity in Japan. Great examples of modernist portraiture balance masterpieces of Japanese naturalism and landscape painting, many created for the annual juried art exhibitions sponsored by the Imperial Japanese government, with provenance in the catalogues of the exhibitions or from publications in Japan. Numbers were acquired by us directly from the former Megoro Gajoen Museum, when we were fortunate to be the first western dealers able to sift and purchase from the collection in 2002 and 2003. Illustrations of the works with close-ups of the paintings afford an intimate experience of the art, balanced by provenance and biographies of the artists.

 Breaking Light
$125.00, 317 pp, 209 color illustrations, cloth, dust jacket. 2008

Introduction

Our standard oversize folio catalogue, this award winning catalogue focuses on 209 paintings and objects from the last 100 years of Japanese Art. Extensively researched and documented, it includes information on the history of art exhibitions in 20th century Japan.



  Reflective Paths
$125.00, 280 pp, 173 color illustrations, dust jacket. 2008

Introduction

Our standard oversized folio catalogue, printed with extraordinary attention to color fidelity. Reflective Paths is a compilation of 173 objects and paintings spanning 8 centuries of Japanese art. Included are Buddhist art, early ceramics, bronzes, Sencha tea ceremony objects, folk art, textiles as well as Meiji arts and pre-war modernism, post-war and contemporary art.