Ningyô : the art of the human figurine : traditional Japanese display dolls from the Ayervais collection : with additional pieces from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, the Newark Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York / curated by Gunhild Avitabile ; essay by Shigeki Kawaka mi ; catalogue entries by Sumie Kobayashi, Midori Aida, and Kohichi Nakamura.

Publication:

New York : Japan Society, 1995.

Format/Description:

Book
95 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Subjects:

Dolls -- Japan -- History -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions.
Dolls -- Japan -- History -- 1868 -- -Exhibitions.
Ayervais -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.
Dolls -- Private collections -- Japan -- Exhibitions.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, Feb. 17-Apr. 2, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).

Penn Provenance:

Luber, Gilbert, -1999 (bookplate) (former owner)
Luber, Shirley (bookplate) (former owner)
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (donor)

Contributor:

Gilbert, Shirley, and Marilyn Luber Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Kawakami, Shigeki.
Avitabile, Gunhild.
Japan Society (New York, N.Y.). Gallery.

Other format:

Online version: Ningyô

ISBN:

0913304417
9780913304419

OCLC:

32664648

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