NIHON NO BIJUTSU
Indexed in numerical order (through August 2002)
compiled by Sarah Thompson, University of Oregon
1 (May 1966). Noma Seiroku. Sôshingu (Personal ornaments).
2 (June 1966). Okudaira Hideo. Emakimono (Narrative picture scrolls). English translation by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Narrative Picture Scrolls (Arts of Japan 5; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1973).
3 (July 1966). Okada Jô. Chôdo (Furniture).
4 (August 1966). Iijima Isamu. Bunjinga (Literati painting).
5 (September 1966). Horie Tomohiko. Bokuseki (Zen calligraphy).
6 (October 1966). Satô Kanzan. Tôken (Swords). English translation by Joe Earle, The Japanese Sword (Japanese Arts Library 12; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1983).
7 (November 1966). Yamanobe Tomoyuki. Some (Dyeing).
8 (December 1966). Shirahata Yoshi. Shôzôga (Portrait paintings).
9 (January 1967). Tanaka Sakutarô. Inshokki (Tableware).
10 (February 1967). Môri Hisashi. Shôzô chôkoku (Portrait sculpture). English translation by W. Chie Ishibashi, Japanese Portrait Sculpture (Japanese Arts Library 2; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1977).
11 (March 1967). Kitamura Tetsurô. Ningyô (Dolls).
12 (April 1967). Nishimura Hyôbu. Orimono (Textiles).
13 (May 1967). Matsushita Takaaki. Suibokuga (Ink painting). English translation by Martin Collcutt, Ink Painting (Arts of Japan 7; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1974).
14 (June 1967). Hayashiya Seizô. Chawan (Tea bowls).
15 (July 1967). Sugiyama Jirô. Tenpyô chôkoku (Tenpyô sculpture). English translation by Samuel Crowell Morse, Classic Buddhist Sculpture: The Tempyô Period (Japanese Arts Library 11; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1982).
16 (August 1967). Kurata Osamu. Butsugû (Buddhist furnishings).
17 (September 1967). Nakamura Tanio. Meiji no Nihonga (Japanese-style painting of the Meiji period).
18 (October 1967). Kageyama Haruki. Shintô bijutsu (Shintô arts). English translation by Christine Guth, The Arts of Shinto (Arts of Japan 4; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1973).
19 (November 1967). Miki Fumio. Haniwa (Haniwa: Tomb figures of the Kofun period). English translation by Gina Lee Barnes, Haniwa (Arts of Japan 8; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1974).
20 (December 1967). Takeda Tsuneo. Kinsei shoki fûzokuga (Early genre paintings).
21 (January 1968). Uehara Shôichi. Asuka, Hakuhô chôkoku (Sculpture of the Asuka and Hakuhô periods).
22 (February 1968). Fujioka Ryoichi. Chadôgu (Tea ceremony utensils). English translation by Louise Allison Cort, Tea Ceremony Utensils (Arts of Japan 3; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1973).
23 (March 1968). Hashimoto Sumiko. Keppatsu to kamikazari (Hairstyles and hair ornaments).
24 (April 1968). Ozaki Motoharu. Katchû (Armor).
25 (May 1968). Kiuchi Takeo. Mokuchiku kôgei (Wood and bamboo objects).
26 (June 1968). Hinonishi Suketaka. Fukushoku (Costume).
27 (July 1968). Kikuchi Sadao. Fûzoku hanga (Woodblock prints of genre scenes).
28 (August 1968). Sato Masahiko. Kyôyaki (Kyoto ware). English translation by Anne Ono Towle and Usher P. Coolidge, Kyoto Ceramics (Arts of Japan 2; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1973).
29 (September 1968). Mizoguchi Saburo. Mon'yô (Design motifs). English translation by Louise Allison Cort, Design Motifs (Arts of Japan 1; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1973).
30 (October 1968). Harada Minoru. Meiji no Yoga (Meiji Western painting). English translation by Akiko Murakata and Bonnie F. Abiko, Meiji Western Painting (Arts of Japan 6; Weatherhill/Shibundo, 1974).
31 (November 1968). Chizawa Teiji. Sôtatsu (The Rimpa painter Sôtatsu).
32 (December 1968). Seki Tadao. Yûgigu (Game equipment).
33 (January 1969). Ishida Hisatoyo. Mikkyô ga (Esoteric Buddhist painting). English translation by E. Dale Saunders, Esoteric Buddhist Painting (Japanese Arts Library 15; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1987).
34 (February 1969). Mori Osamu. Teien to sono tatemono (Gardens and garden buildings).
35 (March 1969). Arakawa Hirokazu. Maki-e (Maki-e lacquer).
36 (April 1969). Hosono Masanobu. Yôfû hanga (Prints in the Western style). English translation by Lloyd R. Craighill, Nagasaki Prints and Early Copperplates (Japanese Arts Library 6; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1978).
37 (May 1969). Okada Jô. Garasu (Glass).
38 (June 1969). Ito Nobuo. Sumai (Residential architecture).
39 (July 1969). Suzuki Jun. Ôkyo to Goshun (The painters Ôkyo and Goshun).
40 (August 1969). Nishikawa Shinji. Kamakura chôkoku (Kamakura sculpture).
41 (September 1969). Nakagawa Sensaku. Meiji no kôgei (Decorative arts of the Meiji period).
42 (October-November 1969). Nakano Masaki. Wakyô (Japanese mirrors).
43 (December 1969). Okazaki Jôji. Jôdo-kyô ga (Pure Land Buddhist painting). English translation by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Pure Land Buddhist Painting (Japanese Arts Library 4; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1977).
44 (January 1970). Kurata Bunsaku. Jôgan chôkoku (Jôgan sculpture).
45 (February 1970). Ono Katsutoshi. Sekizô bijutsu (Works of art in stone).
46 (March 1970). Kitamura Tetsurô. Nô shôzoku (Noh costumes).
47 (April 1970). Takeuchi Shôji. Kinsei no Zenrin bijutsu (Zen art of the early modern period).
48 (May 1970). Shimbo Tôru. Hakubyô emaki (Monochrome picture scrolls).
49 (June 1970). Shirahata Yoshi. Monogatari emaki (Picture scrolls of tale literature).
50 (July 1970). Nakano Genzô. Fujiwara chôkoku (Fujiwara sculpture).
51 (August 1970). Fujioka Ryôichi. Shino to Oribe (Shino and Oribe wares). English translation by Samuel Crowell Morse, Shino and Oribe Ceramics (Japanese Arts Library 1; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1977).
52 (September 1970). Takasaki Fujihiko. Otogizôshi (Illustrated folk tales).
53 (October 1970). Chizawa Teiji. Kôrin (The Rimpa painter Kôrin).
54 (November 1970). Hinago Motoo. Shiro (Castles). English translation by William H. Coaldrake, Japanese Castles (Japanese Arts Library 14; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1986).
55 (December 1970). Hamada Takashi. Zuzô (Esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawings).
56 (December 1970). Miya Tsugio. Ippen Shônin eden (The pictorial biography of Ippen).
57 (February 1971). Murai Iwao. Kofun (Ancient tumuli).
58 (March 1971). Tahara Hisashi. Mingu (Folk art).
59 (April 1971). Morita Kimio. Shishû (Embroidery).
60 (May 1971). Yoshida Sei [or Yasushi?]. Minka (Traditional farmhouses).
61 (June 1971). Yoshikawa Matsu. Karesansui no niwa (Dry gardens).
62 (July 1971). Nishikawa Kyôtarô. Bugaku-men (Bugaku masks). English translation by Monica Bethe, Bugaku Masks (Japanese Arts Library 5; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1978).
63 (August 1971). Nakamura Tanio. Sesson to Kantô suibokuga (Sesson and ink painting in the Kantô region).
64 (September 1971). Kashima Susumu. Tôsôgu (Sword fittings).
65 (October 1971). Suzuki Kakichi. Jôdai no jiin kenchiku (Temple architecture of the early period). English translation by Mary Neighbor Parent and Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, Early Buddhist Architecture in Japan (Japanese Arts Library 9; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1980).
66 (November 1971). Inagaki Shin'ya. Kodai no kawara (Ancient roof tiles).
67 (December 1971). Kamiya Eiko. Kosode (Short-sleeved kimono).
68 (January 1972). Oka Isaburô. Fûkei hanga (Landscape prints).
69 (February 1972). Kanazawa Hiroshi. Shoki suibokuga (Early ink painting). English translation by Barbara Ford, Japanese Ink Painting: Early Zen Masterpieces (Japanese Arts Library 8; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1979).
70 (March 1972). Gôke Tadaomi. Kamakurabori (Carved lacquerware).
71 (April 1972). Nakagawa Sensaku. Aka-e (Ceramics with overglaze enamel decoration).
72 (May 1972). Naniwada Tôru. Koezu (Old pictorial maps).
73 (June 1972). Hiroi Yûichi. Bizen kaji (Swordsmiths of Bizen province).
74 (July 1972). Kikuchi Sadao. Hokusai (The Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai).
75 (August 1972). Hashimoto Fumio. Shoin-zukuri (Shoin-style architecture). English translation by H. Mack Horton, Architecture in the Shoin Style (Japanese Arts Library 10; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1981).
76 (September 1972). Koyama Fujio. Sansai (Three-color ware).
77 (October 1972). Ishida Môsaku. Tô (tôba, sutsûpa) (Pagodas and stupas).
78 (November 1972). Tanabe Saburôsuke. Unkei to Kaikei (The sculptors Unkei and Kaikei).
79 (December 1972). Mori Osamu. Katsura rikyû (The Katsura Villa).
80 (January 1973). Sakamoto Mitsuru. Shoki Yôfûga (Western-style painting of the Momoyama period).
81 (February 1973). Inagaki Eizô. Kodai no jinja kenchiku (Ancient Shinto shrine architecture).
82 (March 1973). Zaitsu Nagatsugi. Tegami (Letters).
83 (April 1973). Horiguchi Sutemi. Chashitsu (Tea rooms).
84 (May 1973). Kinoshita Masao. Tekagami (Calligraphy handbooks).
85 (June 1973). Okada Jô. Namban kôgei (Namban decorative arts).
86 (July 1973). Kurata Bunsaku. Zônai nônyûhin (Objects placed inside statues).
87 (August 1973). Doi Tsugiyoshi. Hasegawa Tôhaku (The painter Hasegawa Tôhaku).
88 (September 1973). Miki Fumio. Dôtaku (Dôtaku: Bronze bells of the Yayoi period).
89 (October 1973). Suzuki Tomoya. Chanoyugama (Tea kettles).
90 (November 1973). Nishimura Hyôbu. Meibutsugire (Fabrics used in the tea ceremony).
91 (December 1973). Kikutake Jun'ichi. Shôtoku Taishi eden (The pictorial biography of Prince Shôtoku).
92 (January 1974). Kawada Sadamu. Ema (Votive paintings).
93 (February 1974). Gôke Tadaomi. Shibata Zeshin (The lacquerer Shibata Zeshin).
94 (March 1974). Takeda Tsuneo. Kanô Eitoku (The painter Kanô Eitoku). English translation by H. Mack Horton and Catherin Kaputa, Kanô Eitoku (Japanese Arts Library 3; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1977).
95 (April 1974). Shimbo Tôru. Hônen Shônin eden (The pictorial biography of Hônen).
96 (May 1974). Shirahata Yoshi. Kasen e (Portraits of the Poetic Immortals).
97 (June 1974). Hasebe Gakuji. Sometsuke (Sometsuke ware).
98 (July 1974). Uehara Shôichi. Muromachi chôkoku (Muromachi sculpture).
99 (August 1974). Fujioka Michio. Kyôto Gosho to Sentô Gosho (The Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Sentô Imperial Palace).
100 (September 1974). Matsushita Takaaki. Sesshû (The painter Sesshû).
101 (October 1974). Hayashiya Seizô. Kôetsu (The Rimpa artist Kôetsu).
102 (November 1974). Matsumoto Kaneo. Shosôin no senshoku (Textiles in the Shosôin).
103 (December 1974). Nakagawa Sensaku. Kutani-yaki (Kutani ware). English translation by John Bester, Kutani Ware (Japanese Arts Library 7; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1979).
104 (December 1974). Narazaki Muneshige. Hiroshige (The Ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige).
105 (February 1975). Matsushima Junsei. Shosôin no shoseki (Calligraphy in the Shosôin).
106 (March 1975). Kitamura Tetsurô. Yûzen zome (Yûzen dyeing).
107 (April 1975). Satô Kanzan. Yamashiro kaji (Swordsmiths of Yamashiro province).
108 (May 1975). Kaneko Ryôun. Nô, kyôgen men (Nô and Kyôgen masks).
109 (June 1975). Sasaki Jôhei. Yosa Buson (The Nanga painter Yosa Buson).
110 (July 1975). Saitô Tadashi. Kofun no kaiga (Tomb paintings).
111 (August 1975). Hasegawa Shakae. Natsuô to Shômin (The nineteenth-century metalworkers Kanô Natsuô and Unno Shômin).
112 (September 1975). Mori Osamu. Shûgakuin rikyû (The Shûgakuin Villa).
113 (October 1975). Imanaga Kiyoshi. Tsujigahanazome (Tsuji-ga-hana dyeing).
114 (November 1975). Suzuki Jun. Ike Taiga (The Nanga painter Ike Taiga).
115 (December 1975). Tsuboi Kiyotari. Heijôkyû ato (The excavation of the Heijô palace).
116 (December 1975). Horie Tomohiko. Ryôkan (The calligrapher Ryôkan).
117 (February 1976). Abe Hiromu. Shosôin no gakki (Musical Instruments in the Shosôin).
118 (March 1976). Kuno Takeshi. Oshidashibutsu to senbutsu (Buddhist repoussé plaques and relief tiles).
119 (April 1976). Akiyama Terukazu. Genji e (Illustrations of The Tale of Genji).
120 (May 1976). Kawada Sadamu. Negoronuri (Negoro lacquer).
121 (June 1976). Tsuji Nobuo. Rakuchû rakugai zu (Screens of scenes in and around Kyoto).
122 (July 1976). Tamura Etsuko. Sanseki (The Three Master Calligraphers of the Heian period: Ono no Michikaze, Fujiwara no Sukemasa, and Fujiwara no Yukinari).
123 (August 1976). Nishikawa Kyôtarô. Chinsô chôkoku (Zen portrait sculpture).
124 (September 1976). Watanabe Akiyoshi. Shôshô hakkei zu (The Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang in painting).
125 (October 1976). Sahara Makoto. Yayoi doki (Pottery of the Yayoi period).
126 (November 1976). Itô Nobuo. Zenshû kenchiku (Zen architecture).
127 (December 1976). Yamanobe Tomoyuki. Bingata (Okinawan stencil dyeing).
128 (December 1976). Fujioka Ryôichi. Shôsôin no tôki (Ceramics in the Shôsôin).
129 (February 1977). Fukuyama Toshio. Chûsei no jinja kenchiku (Shinto shrine architecture of the medieval period).
130 (March 1977). Horie Tomohiko. Kana (Kana calligraphy).
131 (April 1977). Takeda Tsuneo. Kinpeki shôheiga (Gold door-panel and screen paintings).
132 (May 1977). Ishida Hisatoyo. Shokuninzukushi e (Paintings of various occupations).
133 (June 1977). Narasaki Shôichi. Ko Seto (Old Seto ware).
134 (July 1977). Narazaki Muneshige. Utamaro (The Ukiyo-e artist Utamaro).
135 (August 1977). Sakamoto Mitsuru. Nanban byôbu (Nanban screens).
136 (September 1977). Kawahara Masahiko. Karatsu (Karatsu ware).
137 (October 1977). Ogasawara Nobuo. Tôken (Yamato to Mino) (Swords of Yamato and Mino provinces).
138 (November 1977). Hayashiya Seizô. Ninsei (The potter Ninsei).
139 (December 1977). Kobayashi Tadashi. Sharaku (The Ukiyo-e artist Sharaku).
140 (December 1977). Gotô Shirô. Shôsôin no rekishi (The history of the Shôsôin).
141 (February 1978). Nakano Masaki. Shôsôin no kinkô (Metalwork in the Shôsôin).
142 (March 1978). Homma Junji. Masamune: Sôshûden no nagare (The swordsmith Masamune and the Sagami province tradition).
143 (April 1978). Itô Nobuo. Mikkyô kenchiku (Esoteric Buddhist architecture).
144 (May 1978). Eguchi Shôichi. Fumi-e to rosario (Kirishitan kankei ihin) (The Christian legacy: Rosaries and "treading pictures").
145 (June 1978). Kobayashi Tatsuo. Jômon doki (Pottery of the Jômon period).
146 (July 1978). Miya Tsugio. Kassen e (Illustrated war stories).
147 (August 1978). Washizuka Hiromitsu. Sekibutsu (Stone Buddhas).
148 (September 1978). Suzuki Susumu. Uragami Gyokudô (The Nanga painter Uragami Gyokudô).
149 (October 1978). Okada Jô. Shôsôin no shikki (Lacquerware in the Shôsôin).
150 (November 1978). Koresawa Kyôzô. Kan'ei no sanpitsu (The three great calligraphers of the Kan'ei era: Konoe Nobutada, Hon'ami Kôetsu, Shôkadô Shôjô).
151 (December 1978). Kurata Bunsaku. Niô zô (Images of the Two Kings).
152 (December 1978). Okada Jô. Tokonoma to toko kazari (The tokonoma and its decoration).
153 (February 1979). Sekino Masaru. Kinkaku to Ginkaku (The Golden Pavilion and the Silver Pavilion).
154 (March 1979). Kawahara Masahiko. Kenzan (The potter Kenzan). English translation by Richard L. Wilson, The Ceramic Art of Ogata Kenzan (Japanese Arts Library 13; Kodansha International/Shibundo, 1985).
155 (April 1979). Ogasawara Nobuo. Shintô (Swords of the Edo period).
156 (May 1979). Ôyama Jinkai. Shakyô (Sutra calligraphy).
157 (June 1979). Yabe Yoshiaki. Imari (Imari ware).
158 (July 1979). Hamashima Masaji. Tô no kenchiku (Pagoda architecture).
159 (August 1979). Tanaka Yoshiyasu. Tanjô butsu (Images of the Buddha at birth).
160 (September 1979). Kanô Hisashi. Mokkan (Inscribed wooden slips).
161 (October 1979). Hattori Fumio. Sôbô, hôjô, kuri (Monastery living quarters).
162 (November 1979). Suganuma Teizô. Watanabe Kazan (The painter Watanabe Kazan).
163 (December 1979). Arakawa Hirokazu. Urushi to urushi-e (Lacquerware and lacquer paintings).
164 (December 1979). Mizuno Keizaburô. Daibusshi Jôchô (The great Buddhist sculptor Jôchô).
165 (February 1980). Iijima Isamu. Tanomura Chikuden (The Nanga painter Tanomura Chikuden).
166 (March 1980). Ikawa Kazuko. Kannon zô (Images of Kannon).
167 (April 1980). Miyazawa Satoshi. Chôka to machinami (Urban residential architecture).
168 (May 1980). Kinoshita Masao. Sanjûrokunin kashû (The poetry collection of the Thirty-six Immortal Poets).
169 (June 1980). Kawahara Masahiko. Shigaraki to Iga (Shigaraki and Iga wares).
170 (July 1980). Hachiga Susumu. Sueki (Sue ware).
171 (August 1980). Miwa Karoku. Kokubunji (National temples of the Nara period).
172 (September 1980). Doi Tsugiyoshi. Sanraku to Sansetsu (The Kanô painters Sanraku and Sansetsu).
173 (October 1980). Hamada Takashi. Mandara (Mandalas).
174 (November 1980). Tanaka Minoru. Komonjo (Ancient documents).
175 (December 1980). Ogasawara Sae. Sarasa (Indian calico imported into Japan).
176 (January 1981). Yabe Yoshiaki. Nabeshima (Nabeshima ware).
177 (February 1981). Nakano Masaki. Tokaki (Lanterns).
178 (March 1981). Tanaka Migaku. Kokyô (Ancient mirrors).
179 (April 1981). Matsushima Junsei. Asuka, Nara jidai no sho (Calligraphy of the Asuka and Nara periods).
180 (May 1981). Furuya Minoru. Heian jidai no sho (Calligraphy of the Heian period).
181 (June 1981). Kinoshita Masao. Kamakura jidai no sho (Calligraphy of the Kamakura period).
182 (July 1981). Horie Tomohiko. Muromachi jidai no sho (Calligraphy of the Muromachi period).
183 (August 1981). Koresawa Kyôzô. Momoyama jidai no sho (Calligraphy of the Momoyama period).
184 (September 1981). Koresawa Kyôzô. Edo jidai no sho (Calligraphy of the Edo period).
185 (October 1981). Tanabe Saburôsuke. Gyôdô men to shishigashira (Processional masks and lion heads).
186 (November 1981). Chizawa Teiji. Sakai Hôitsu (The Rimpa painter Sakai Hôitsu).
187 (December 1981). Shimbô Tôru. Boki ekotoba (The pictorial biography of Kakunyo).
188 (January 1982). Inada Kôji. Kyûsekki jidai (The Paleolithic period).
189 (February 1982). Okamoto Tôzô. Jômon jidai I (The initial and early Jomon period).
190 (March 1982). Doi Takashi. Jômon jidai II (The middle Jomon period).
191 (April 1982). Kaneko Hiroyuki. Jômon jidai III (The late and final Jomon period).
192 (May 1982). Kinoshita Masashi. Yayoi jidai (The Yayoi period).
193 (June 1982). Sekine Masataka. Shôsôin no mokkôgei (Wooden objects in the Shôsôin).
194 (July 1982). Kôno Motoaki. Kanô Tan'yû (The painter Kanô Tan'yû).
195 (August 1982). Arakawa Hirokazu. Inro to netsuke (Inro and netsuke).
196 (September 1982). Suzuki Kakichi. Asuka, Nara kenchiku (Architecture of the Asuka and Nara periods).
197 (October 1982). Kudô Yoshiaki. Heian kenchiku (Architecture of the Heian period).
198 (November 1982). Itô Nobuo. Kamakura kenchiku (Architecture of the Kamakura period).
199 (December 1982). Kawakami Mitsugu. Muromachi kenchiku (Architecture of the Muromachi period).
200 (January 1983). Hirai Kiyoshi. Momoyama kenchiku (Architecture of the Momoyama period).
201 (February 1983). Suzuki Mitsuru. Edo kenchiku (Architecture of the Edo period).
202 (March 1983). Nishikawa Kyôtarô. Ichiboku zukuri to yosegi zukuri (Single-block construction and joined-wood construction in Japanese Buddhist sculpture).
203 (April 1983). Miya Tsugio. Kasuga gongen reigenki (Picture scroll of "Miracles of the Kasuga Shrine").
204 (May 1983). Donohashi Akio. Asuka, Nara kaiga (Painting of the Asuka and Nara periods).
205 (June 1983). Ariga Yoshitaka. Heian kaiga (Painting of the Heian period).
206 (July 1983). Hamada Takashi. Kamakura kaiga (Painting of the Kamakura period).
207 (August 1983). Kanazawa Hiroshi. Muromachi kaiga (Painting of the Muromachi period).
208 (September 1983). Takeda Tsuneo. Momoyama kaiga (Painting of the Momoyama period).
209 (October 1983). Sasaki Johei. Edo kaiga I (Zenki) (Painting of the early Edo period).
210 (November 1983). Kobayashi Tadashi. Edo kaiga II (Kôki) (Painting of the late Edo period).
211 (December 1983). Kawada Sadamu. Raden (Mother-of-pearl inlay).
212 (January 1984). Okada Hideo. Kado (Gates).
213 (February 1984). Kuwahara Shigeo. Tagajô ato (The excavation of Fort Taga).
214 (March 1984). Kawahara Sumiyuki. Ichijôgatani no iseki (The excavation of the fortifications at Ichijôgatani).
215 (April 1984). Matsushita Masashi. Kusado Sengenchô iseki (The excavation of the medieval town at Kusado Sengenchô).
216 (May 1984). Ishimatsu Yoshio. Dazaifu ato (The excavation of Dazaifu).
217 (June 1984). Inokuma Kanekatsu and Watanabe Akiyoshi. Takamatsuzuka kofun (The Takamatsuzuka tomb).
218 (July 1984). Kikutake Jun'ichi. Bukkyô hanga (Buddhist prints).
219 (August 1984). Miyajima Shin'ichi. Nagasawa Rosetsu (The painter Nagasawa Rosetsu).
220 (September 1984). Ogasawara Sae. Kinran (Gold brocade).
221 (October 1984). Satô Akio. Michinoku no butsuzô (Buddhist images of the Michinoku area).
222 (November 1984). Tanaka Yoshiyasu. Kamakura chihô no butsuzô (Buddhist images of the Kamakura region).
223 (December 1984). Washizuka Hiromitsu. Wakasa, Tango no butsuzô (Buddhist images of the Wakasa and Tango areas).
224 (January 1985). Nishikawa Kyôtarô. Ômi no butsuzô (Buddhist images of the Ômi area).
225 (February 1985). Matsushima Ken. Kiiji no butsuzô (Buddhist images of the Kii pilgrimage route).
226 (March 1985). Tanabe Saburôsuke. Shikoku no butsuzô (Buddhist images of the island of Shikoku).
228 (May 1985). Kobayashi Tadashi. Harunobu (The Ukiyo-e artist Harunobu).
229 (June 1985). Komatsu Taishû. Shikkô (genshi, kodai hen) (Lacquer: The prehistoric and ancient periods).
230 (July 1985). Suzuki Norio. Shikkô (chûsei hen) (Lacquer: The medieval period).
231 (August 1985). Haino Akio. Shikkô (kinsei hen) (Lacquer: The early modern period).
232 (September 1985). Hosono Masanobu. Kôkan to Denzen (The Western-style artists Shiba Kôkan and Aodô Denzen).
233 (October 1985). Uehara Shôichi. Gigaku men (Gigaku masks).
234 (November 1985). Takasaki Fujihiko. Rakan zu (Paintings of arhats).
235 (December 1985). Tatsumi Jun'ichirô. Tôji (genshi, kodai hen) (Ceramics: The prehistoric and ancient periods).
236 (January 1986). Yabe Yoshiaki. Tôji (chûsei hen) (Ceramics: The medieval period).
237 (February 1986). Kawahara Masahiko. Tôji (kinsei hen) (Ceramics: The early modern period).
238 (March 1986). Nakano Genzô. Fudô Myôô zô (Images of the Bright King Fudô).
239 (April 1986). Matsushima Ken. Jizô bosatsu zô (Images of the Bodhisattva Jizô).
240 (May 1986). Ikawa Kazuko. Shitennô zô (Images of the Kings of the Four Directions).
241 (June 1986). Mitsumori Masashi. Amida nyorai zô (Images of Amida Buddha).
242 (July 1986). Itô Shirô. Yakushi nyorai zô (Images of Yakushi Buddha).
243 (August 1986). Tanabe Saburôsuke. Shaka nyorai zô (Images of Shaka Buddha).
244 (September 1986). Kôjiro Yûichirô. Nihon kenchiku no kûkan (Space in Japanese architecture).
245 (October 1986). Asano Kiyoshi. Nihon kenchiku no kôzô (Construction in Japanese architecture).
246 (November 1986). Itô Nobuo. Nihon kenchiku no sôshoku (Ornament in Japanese architecture).
247 (December 1986). Miyajima Shin'ichi. Tosa Mitsunobu to Tosa ha no keifu (Tosa Mitsunobu and the Tosa school lineage).
248 (January 1987). Narazaki Muneshige and Asano Shûgô. Nikuhitsu Ukiyo-e I (Kanbun-Hôreki) (Ukiyo-e paintings of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries).
249 (February 1987). Narazaki Muneshige and Nagata Seiji. Nikuhitsu Ukiyo-e II (Meiwa-Kansei) (Ukiyo-e paintings of the late eighteenth century).
250 (March 1987). Narazaki Muneshige and Nagata Seiji. Nikuhitsu Ukiyo-e III (Kasei-Meiji) (Ukiyo-e paintings of the nineteenth century).
251 (April 1987). Washizuka Hiromitsu. Kondô butsu (Buddhist images of gilt bronze).
252 (May 1987). Satô Akio. Tetsu butsu (Buddhist images of iron).
253 (June 1987). Inoue Tadashi. Danzô (Buddhist images of fragrant wood).
254 (July 1987). Kuno Takeshi. Kanshitsu butsu (Buddhist images of dry lacquer).