The Society for Japanese Arts was founded in 1937 by a group of
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collectors of, and dealers in,
Japanese art. Originally called The Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, the society became international in the 1960s. It currently has over 550 members in 24 countries.
The Society sponsors lectures, exhibitions and publications.
It awards
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through the Heinz M. Kaempfer Fund, and publishes the journal ''Andon'' (ISSN 0168-2997) in
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, which provides results of research about various
ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk t ...
artists, e.g.
Utagawa Kunisada III
Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞) (1848–1920) was an ''ukiyo-e'' printmaker of the Utagawa school, specializing in ''yakusha-e'' (pictures of kabuki actors). He began studying under Utagawa Kunisada I at the age of 10, and continued under K ...
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viewing Japanese Prints
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Publications
In addition to ''Andon'' and a quarterly Newsletter (ISSN 1877-3788), the Society's publications include:
* Forrer, Matthi, Willem R. van Gulik, Jack Hillier ''A Sheaf of Japanese Papers'', The Hague, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1979.
* Ing, Eric van den, ''Beauty and Violence, Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892'', Bergeyk, Netherlands, Society for Japanese Arts, 1992.
* Kaempfer, H. M. and W. O. G. Sickinghe ''The Fascinating World of the Japanese Artist. A Collection of Essays on Japanese Art by Members of the Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts'', The Hague, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1971.
* Kaempfer, H. M. (ed.), ''Ukiyo-e Studies and Pleasures, A Collection of Essays on the Art of Japanese Prints'', The Hague, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1978.
* Schaap, Robert, ''A Brush with Animals, Japanese Paintings, 1700-1950'', Bergeijk, Society for Japanese Arts & Hotei Publishing, 2007.
* Vos, F., et al., ''Meiji, Japanese Art in Transition, Ceramics, Cloisonné, Lacquer, Prints, Organized by the Society for Japanese Art and Crafts'', 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands, Gemeentemuseum, 1987.
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Arts organizations based in Japan
Arts organizations established in 1937
Japanese art