Virtual Travel: Japanese Illustrated Books of the 19th Century

Art and books can transport us to various locations, both real and imaginary. Explore the world of 19th-century (and early 20th-century) Japanese illustrated books with researchers based at the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL), the Freer Gallery of Art, and Hosei University. Robert Campbell is Director-General of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) in Tokyo. Frank Feltens is Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art) in Washington, DC. Database of Pre-modern Japanese Works (NIJL) The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book (Freer Gallery of Art) [Catalog of Japanese Illustrated Books in the Pulverer Collection, Freer Gallery of Art] (in Japanese)