Antiquarians of Nineteenth-Century Japan: The Archaeology of Things in the Late Tokugawa and Early Meiji Periods This is the Day she was the patron of

she was the patron of love and lovers

and all who wish to heighten their enjoyment of this classical art

The pendant is a scarab reproduction with detailed carvings and etchings on each side

presents the first technical study in English of this important painter

Alex Potts is Max Loehr Collegiate Professor of History of Art and chair of the department of the history of art at the University of Michigan

Antiquarians of Nineteenth-Century Japan: The Archaeology of Things in the Late Tokugawa and Early Meiji Periods This is the Day she was the patron ofHiroyuki Suzuki Edited and translated by Maki Fukuoka This volume explores the changing process of evaluating objects during the period of Japans rapid modernization. Originally published in Japanese, Antiquarians of Nineteenth Century Japan looks at the approach toward object based research across the late Tokugawa and early Meiji periods, which were typically kept separate, and elucidates the intellectual continuities between these eras. Focusing on