The Japanese Influence in America

New York, New York: Walton H. Rawls, 1963. Hardcover. Good (Ex-lib., usual markings; Cloth worn at extremities; Hinges loose). Black cloth over boards; Color illus. endpapers; 292 pp.; 8 color plates; 216 bw plates and figures. An in-depth look at the influence of Japan in American art and architecture; Very well illustrated with extensive text. Contents as follows: Introduction -- Early Japanese contracts with the foreign world -- Far eastern influence on Europe before the nineteenth century -- The beginnings of Japanese relations with America -- The Japanese imprint upon Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Japanese exhibition at the Philadelphia centennial -- First adaptations of Japanese features in American designs -- Early sources and examples of authentic Japanese architecture in America -- The Phoenix villa at the world's Columbian exposition -- Japanese influence upon the Chicago school -- The Japanese village at the midwinter exposition -- Japanese contributions to the development of the California bungalow -- The Japanese bungalow east of the Mississippi -- The imperial Japanese garden at the Louisiana purchase exposition -- Progeny and transmigrations of the Japanese building for the Saint Louis fair -- The influence of Japan upon modern architecture in the Eastern states -- Japanese and contemporary buildings in the Western states -- Japanese gardens and landscaping in America -- Japan and applied arts and decoration in the United States -- The imprint of Japan upon American fine arts -- Japanese miscellany and a summing-up.