Masterpieces from the Shin’enkan Collection: Japanese Painting of the Edo Period

Masterpieces from the Shin’enkan Collection is the catalogue of a landmark exhibition of Japanese painting of the Edo Period, held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This digital PDF edition makes the full publication available for instant download after purchase.

The Shin’enkan Collection, assembled over more than thirty years by Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Price, is widely regarded as the most outstanding repository of Edo-period painting in the Western world. This book documents more than three hundred scroll paintings and screens from the collection.

Book Overview

Prepared by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this catalogue was first published in 1986 in association with the Shin’enkan Foundation. It includes essays by Yuzo Yamane, Joe D. Price, and Robert T. Singer, with a foreword by Earl A. Powell.

The catalogue covers the major schools of Edo-period Japanese painting, including the highly imaginative Kyoto individualists Ito Jakuchu, Soga Shohaku, and Nagasawa Rosetsu, as well as leading masters of the Rimpa, Shijo, Nanga, and Nagasaki schools. Genre and ukiyo-e artists, and examples of Buddhist painting, are also represented.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• An authoritative catalogue of the Shin’enkan Collection’s Edo-period Japanese paintings.
• Essays on the collection and its history by Joe D. Price and Yuzo Yamane.
• Detailed catalogue entries by Robert T. Singer.
• Representative works by Ito Jakuchu, Soga Shohaku, and Nagasawa Rosetsu.
• Works by Rimpa school masters, including Sakai Hoitsu and Suzuki Kiitsu.
• Shijo School paintings, particularly by Mori Sosen.
• An index of artists and scholarly reference details.

Why This Book Matters

The Shin’enkan Collection is considered the most significant collection of Edo-period painting outside Japan. The Prices gifted the collection to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, along with an original building design by Bruce Goff for the Pavilion for Japanese Art.

This catalogue remains an important reference for art historians, collectors, and students of Japanese art, capturing a period of exceptional innovation in Japanese painting.

Book Details

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When will I receive access? Access is delivered immediately after purchase, and the PDF can be downloaded at once.

Will a physical book be shipped? No. This is a digital edition, so there is no shipping or handling.

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Download this catalogue today and explore a major record of Edo-period Japanese painting.

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