Word: nipponologist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1964-1964
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...question is partially answered by this slim, elegant volume that has been assembled by Nipponologist Oliver Statler, author of Japanese Inn (but no kin to the U.S. innkeeping clan). Half of the book, and its heart, consists of 40 color plates taken from two Japanese scrolls of the time. Such scrolls, which unrolled horizontally up to 40 ft., served as the picture books and newsreels of feudal Japan. To document Perry's arrival, and satisfy their feudal masters' incorrigible curiosity, Japanese artists swarmed aboard Perry's six black ships, sketching virtually everything in sight with swift brush...
| 1 |