Of Water and Ink: Muromachi-Period Paintings from Japan, 1392-1568

Of Water and Ink: Muromachi-Period Paintings from Japan, 1392-1568 by Akiyoshi Watanabe. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780895581228.

Real seller with inventory on hand. Oversize Paperback. University of Washgton Press, 1986. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with the slightest signs of shelf wear only to the covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 223 pages, profusely illustrated with large and full page prints and photos throughout. A catalog for a Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition presenting ink paintings from the Muromachi period, examining the development of Japanese ink landscape painting under Zen Buddhist and Chinese Song dynasty influence, with major works by Sesshu Toyo and his predecessors and followers.