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Books and Teaching Guides
Baker, Joan Stanley. Japanese Art . New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991.
Doi, Tsugiyoshi. Momoyama Decorative Painting.
Trans. Edna B. Crawford. New York: Weatherhill, 1977.
Grilli, Elise. The Art of the Japanese Screen . New York and Tokyo: Walker-Weatherhill, 1970.
Kalman, Bobbie. Japan the Culture . The Land, People, and Culture Series. New York: Crabtree Publishing, 1989.
Lyons, Nancy Hague, and Sarah Ridley. Japan: Images and Words: An Interdisciplinary Unit for Sixth-Grade Art and Language Arts Classes . Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art,
Smithsonian Institution, 1994.
This kit brings the Freer Gallery's world-renowned collection of Japanese paintings into your classroom. The packet includes six full-color posters, six slides, and six 8 x 10", black-and-white photographs. View the images at the Freer/Sackler website.
To order the kit, send a check or school purchase order for $28.50 payable to "Education, Freer/Sackler) to School and Family Programs, Education Department, Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.
Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art : Freer Gallery of Art Handbook. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1976.
Murase, Miyeko. Masterpieces of Japanese Screen Painting . New York: George Braziller, 1990.
Slides, Prints and Posters
Slides, prints, and posters of many of the images in this issue can be obtained by writing to Museum Shop, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.
A $4.50 shipping and handling fee will be added to the cost of each order.
Video Resources
Faces of Japan , a five-program PBS series on contemporary Japan, is available for secondary schools. Write to Pacific Mountain Network, 12596 West Bayaud, Suite 215, Lakewood, CO 80228. $125.00.
Video Visits: Japan: The Island Empire stresses the connections and contrasts between traditional and modern Japan. Available from Library Video Company, P.O. Box 580,
Department CS, Wynnewood, PA., 19096; (800) 843-3620. $24.95.
Electronic Resources
A good starting point for teachers or others interested in exploring Asian resources on the Internet is the Asia Society http://www.askasia.org/.
The Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art hosts an informative website: http://www.asia.si.edu . Teachers can find a representative sampling of traditional Japanese art by visiting the Tokugawa Art Museum http://www.cjn.or.jp/tokugawa/english/index.html
Acknowledgements
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery:
Sarah Ridley
Assistant Head of Education
Nancy Hague Lyons
Freer Teacher Associate, 199394
Marie Theriault
ImaginAsia coordinator
Ann Yonemura
Assistant Curator, Japanese Art
Waki Murayama
Schools Program Intern
Photographs
Freer Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Institution
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