Matthi Forrer

A comprehensive survey of the art of the kakemono, classic Japanese paintings on vertical scrolls. Once displayed for the tea ceremony and in the alcove (tokonoma) of traditional houses, the kakemono or kakejiku is a 'painted hanging scroll,' which, in the variety of its themes, describes changing beauty and the flow of time. Subjects are in fact selected to satisfy...

Nippon includes all the original prints from the original book by Siebold, with a commentary on the most compelling images. A centuries-old masterpiece about Japan. Japan was isolated almost completely from the West for more than two hundred years, from 1641 to 1854. One of the first Westerners to penetrate that barrier and reveal fundamental information about the country and...