Harold P Stern <br/><br/>
Birds, beasts, blossoms, and bugs : the nature of Japan 

 - New York   H.N. Abrams,   1976 
 - 196p  25cm 
<br/><br/> 	<br/>This scholarly book with its magnificent illustrations explores in detail a fundamental fact of Japanese art, a theme also intrinsic to the very "nature" of the Japanese people, and an essential expression of their philosophy and heritage. The book traces the development of this threme through an examination of some 140 objects from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. The outstanding collections in the United  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0810907089 0810990229 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/> Art, Japanese. <br/>Nature (Aesthetics)<br/>Natural history illustration<br/>Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709.52 S839b