Annotated Recommended Reading List on Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Ceramics

Mirviss, Joan B. , et. al. Printed to Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2004.
Mirviss, Joan B. “A Tribute to Robert O. Muller (1911-2003),” Impressions: The Journal of the Ukiyo-e Society of America, Inc., vol. 25, 2003.
Mirviss, Joan B., with John Carpenter, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono. (Weatherhill: Phoenix Art Museum, 1995)
- Phoenix Art Museum, March 11 — June 11, 1995.
- Los Angeles County Museum, September 10, 1995 — January 7, 1996
A comprehensive catalogue of the surimono collection by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Fully-illustrated catalogue with translation of the poems was written by Ms. Mirviss and Dr. John Carpenter of SOAS at London University.
Mirviss, Joan B., with John Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking; Surimono of the Bunka-Bunsei Era (1804-1830) (Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo Japan, 2000)

Exhibition curated by Joan B. Mirviss with selections from three private American collections. Scholarly, fully-illustrated, bilingual catalogue written by Ms. Mirviss and Dr. John Carpenter of SOAS at London University will be available. Catalogue on sale for $60 + postage. Please contact us for further details.
Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. announces the publication of "Masterpieces of the Art of Surimono," a fully-illustrated color catalogue featuring twenty-eight remarkable surimono by Hokusai, Hokkei, Gakutei, Shumman, and Toyokuni I, among others. Included in the catalogue are celebrated designs as well as exceptionally rare or unique impressions; each is described in a lengthy entry, many accompanied by translations of the Kyoka verses. Each was chosen for its distinctive contribution to the surimono genre. For further information on this publication please contact us.

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Prints Bibliography

Asano, Shugo and Clark, Timothy, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, The British Museum, Bristish Museum Press for the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1995. Definitive study on the master.
Clark, Timothy T. and Ueda, Osamu with Donald Jenkins, The Actor's Image: Print Makers of the Katsukawa School, The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Princeton University Press, Chicago, 1994. Thorough examination.
Ficke, Arthur Davison, Chats on Japanese prints, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1958. An early but still relevant and far sighted work on ukiyo-e by an important collector.
Forrer, Matthi, Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, & Prestel-Verlag, Munich & New York, 1997. Good survey of his major work.
Illing, Richard, The Art of Japanese Prints, Octopus Books Limited, 1980. This is a good source for a general, readable over-view.
Izzard, Sebastian, Kunisada's World, Japan Society, New York, 1993.
Lane, Richard, Images From the Floating World: The Japanese Print, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1978. This large book by Lane is the single best resource on Japanese prints.
Mueller, Laura J., with Fujisawa Akane, Kobayashi Tadashi, and Ellis Tinios. Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School, Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2007.
Mueller, Laura J., Strong Women, Beautiful Men: Japanese Portrait Prints from the Toledo Museum of Art, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2005.
Newland, Amy, et. al. Crows, Cranes & Camellias: the Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945. Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 2001.
Roberts, Laurance P., A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer, John Weatherhill, Inc., New York, 1976.
Society for Japanese Arts, Beauty and Violence: Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Havilland Press, 1992. Fine survey of this late master.
Stern, Harold P., Master Prints of Japan: Ukiyo-e Hanga, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1969. This is a very readable, general book on the best of ukiyo-e.
Takahashi, Seiichiro, Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan, Weatherhill/Heibonsha, New York and Tokyo, 1972. Takahashi's book provides a good background but slights the artists of the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Ceramics Bibliography

Baekeland, Frederick, and Robert Moes et al. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. New York: Japan Society, Inc., 1993
Cardozo, Sydney B. and Masaaki Hirano. The Art of Rosanjin. Transl. Juliet Winters Carpenter. New York: Kodansha International/USA Ltd. 1987.
Cort, Louise Allison and Bert Winther-Tamaki. Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: A Close Embrace of the Earth. Berkeley: The Sackler Gallery in association with the University of California, 2003.
Earle, Joe, with the assistance of Halsey and Alice North, Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century,” organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from October 7, 2005, to July 9, 2006.
Earle, Joe. Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005.
Faulkner, Rupert. Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition and the Avant Garde. London: Laurence King Publishing, 1995.
Japanese Ceramics Today: Masterworks from the Kikuchi Collection. 1983 Catalogue for traveling exhibition to Smithsonian Institution and Victoria and Albert Musuem.Japan: Hakuhodo Inc., 1983.
Klien, Adalbert. A Connoisseur’s Guide to Japanese Ceramics. Transl. Katherine Watson. London: Alpine Fine Arts Collection (U.K.) Ltd., 1987.
Moes, Robert, with Rupert Faulkner. Fifty Centuries of Japanese Folk Ceramics from the Montgomery Collection. Alexandria, Virginia, Art Services Intl. 2003.
Morse, Samuel C. et al. Shaped with a Passion: The Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Collection of Japanese Ceramics From the 1970’s. 1998 Exhibition Catalogue. Duxbury MA: Art Complex Museum, 1998.
Peterson, Susan. Shoji Hamada: A Potters Way and Work. New York: Kodansha International/USA Ltd., 1974.
Shimizu, Christine TÔJI: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Céramique Japonaise, Editions de la reunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 2006
Shimizu, Christine, ed. Cordes de Feu: Mille Ans de Ceramique Japonaise a Bizen. Japan: Sanyô Shinbun, 1997.
Weiss, Peg, ed. Twenty-six Contemporary Japanese Potters. Traveling Exhibition. Syracuse: Everson Museum, 1978.
Wilcox, Timothy, ed. Shoji Hamada: Master Potter. London: Lund Humphries Publishers.

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