Product Description: Presented here are some of the world’s finest examples of Japanese art and design, from the Samurai and Edo periods up to high-tech contemporary design. The V&A has acquired Japanese objects since its earliest years and played a significant role in bringing the art of Japan to the attention of designers, manufacturers, and the public...read more

With numerous diverse and atmospheric illustrations, this book celebrates tea's contribution to world civilization and culture and includes descriptions of tea's influence on world trade and the process of cultivation and preparation in different parts of the world.

Product Description: Book by Robert Moes, Rupert Faulkner (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A celebration of the V&A's remarkable collection of fan prints (uchiwa-e) by the admired early 19th-century ukiyo-e woodblock print artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The collection is published in its entirety: 126 fan prints, which are remarkablefor their vibrant colours and striking design.

Product Description: No Japanese artist is more famous or more beloved than the 19th-century master of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Yet one important dimension of his work has never received the attention it merits-the fan print...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)