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Article: The Way of The Warrior
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- December 4, 1988
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JAPAN: The Shaping of
Daimyo Culture, 1185-1868 Edited by Yoshiaki Shimizu
George Braziller. 402 pp. $80
IF THERE IS one volume that shows the character of Japan's rich
feudal past through its art, this is it. Based on the exhibition now
at the National Gallery of Art (until Jan. 23, 1989), this catalogue
raisonne' is an invaluable record of the treasures gathered together
for the first time ever "to explore the artistic legacy of the daimyo
{`feudal' lord or `baron'} from the beginning of the Kamakura period
in 1185 to the end of the Edo period in 1868."
From the stately portrait of Minamoto Yoritomo (the general who
defeated the rival Taira clan in 1185 and became the first shogun of ...