Publications

The Art of Japan: Masterworks in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1991
Yoshiko Kakudo; with essay by Clarence F. Shangraw
256 pages, 147 color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-8118-0055-5 (cloth) / 0-8118-0040-7 (paper)

The Art of Korea: Highlights from the Collection of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, 2006
Kumja Paik Kim
316 pages, approx. 100 color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12.25 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-38-X (cloth) / 978-0-939117-31-2 (paper)

The Art of Traditional Chinese Flower Arranging, 1986
Huang Yung-Chuan
208 pages, color illustrations, 8.5 x 11 in. ISBN 0-939117-02-9 (cloth) / 0-939117-01-0 (paper)

Art Spaces: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2004
Thomas Christensen
64 pages, approx. 75 color illustrations, 6.5 x 4.25 in. ISBN 1-85759-356-1 (paper)

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Collection Highlights, 2018
336 pages, 311 color images, 6.5 x 9.5 in. Includes index, ISBN 978-0-939117-84-0 (paperback).

Errata.

Asian Art Museum: Selected Works, 1994
Curatorial Staff of the Asian Art Museum
208 pages, approx. 200 color illustrations, 6 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-295-97414-X (cloth) / 978-0-295-97414-9 (paper)

At Home & Abroad: Twenty Contemporary Filipino Artists, 1998
Dana Friis-Hansen Alice G. Guillermo, Jeff Baysa, and Patrick Flores
140 pages, color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939-117-15-0 (paper)

Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, 2010
Natasha Reichle, ed.; essays by Francine Brinkgreve, Garrett Kam, Natasha Reichle, and David J. Stuart-Fox; entries by Francine Brinkgreve, Natasha Reichle, and David J. Stuart-Fox
376 pages, approx. 200 color illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, 9.5 x 12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-55-0 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-56-7 (paper)

Beauty, Wealth, and Power: Jewels and Ornament of Asia, 1992
64 pages, color illustrations, 6 x 9.75 in. ISBN 0-295-97201-7 (paper)

Between the Thunder and the Rain: Chinese Paintings from the Opium War through the Cultural Revolution, 1840–1979, 2000
Julia F. Andrews, Claudia Brown, David E, Fraser, Kuiyi Shen, et al. 
256 pages, approx. 175 color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-17-7 (cloth)

The Bold Brush of Au Ho-nien, 2019
He Li
64 pages, 33 color images, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-86-4 (paperback)

Bridge to Understanding: The Art and Architecture of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum–Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2003
Thomas Christensen
224 pages, approx. 200 color illustrations, 9 x 11.75 in. ISBN 0-939117-19-3 (cloth)

Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection, 1977
René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé
184 pages, color illustrations

Brushstrokes: Styles and Techniques of Chinese Painting, 1992
So Kam Ng 56 pages, color illustrations, 6 x 9.75 in. ISBN 0-295-97239-4 (paper)

Chang Dai-Chien: Painting from Heart to Hand, 2019
Mark Dean Johnson and Fan Jeremy Zhang, ed.
112 pages,64 color and 18 b/w images, 11 x 9 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-87-1 (paperback)

Errata

The Character of Characters: An Animation by Xu Bing, 2012
Curators of the Asian Art Museum, eds.; with essays by Xu Bing and Britta Erickson
64 pages, color illustrations, CD-ROM, 9.5 x 12.25 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-65-9 (paper)

The Charming Cicada Studio: Masterworks by Chao Shao-an, 1997
Terese Tse Bartholomew, Mayching Kao and So Kam Ng Lee
192 pages, 90 color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-11-8 (cloth)

China at the Center: Ricci and Verbiest World Maps, 2016
Natasha Reichle, ed.; with essays by M. Antoni J. Ucerler SJ, Theodore N. Foss, and Mark Stephen Mir
64 pages plus foldout, color illustrations, bibliography, 8 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-72-7 (paper)

Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey, 1996
He Li
352 pages, color illustrations, 9.5 x 12.5 in. ISBN 0-8478-1973-6 (cloth)

Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, 1977
René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé
144 pages, color illustrations

A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, 1995
Clarence F. Shangraw, Claudia Brown, and Donald Rabiner
128 pages, 105 color and 12 b/w illustrations, 8.5 x 11 in. ISBN 0-295-97510-5 (cloth) / 0-295-97511-3 (paper)

Collected Letters: An Installation by Liu Jianhua, 2016
Pedro Moura Carvalho, ed.; texts by Liu Jianhua, Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, and Karin G. Oen
80 pages, color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-75-8 (paper)

Collector’s Choice, Collector’s Voice, 2010
Michael Knight, ed.; entries by members of Nexus
64 pages, 80 color illustrations, 7.25 x 11 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-49-9 (paper)

The Conservation of Asian Lacquer: Case Studies at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2008
Jane L. Williams
256 pages, color illustrations ISBN 978-0-939117-48-2

Couture Korea, 2017
Hyonjeong Kim Han, ed.
104 pages, 163 color images, 7.25 x 10 in. Includes bibliography ISBN 978-0-939117-82-6 (paperback)

A Curious Affair: The Fascination between East and West, 2006
Forrest McGill
64 pages, approx. 80 color illustrations, 7.75 x 11 in. ISBN 0-939117-34-7 (paper)

Days in a Life: The Art of Tetsuya Noda, 2004
Robert Flyn Johnson
80 pages, 66 color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 0-939117-21-5 (cloth) / 0-939117-22-3 (paper)

A Decade of Collecting (1966–1976): An Exhibition Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, 1976
René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé
192 pages, color illustrations, 8.5 x 11 in. (paper)

Divine Bodies: Sacred Imagery in Asian Art, 2018
Qamar Adamjee, Jeffrey Durham, and Karin G. Oen
128 pages, 125 color images, 8.5 x 10 in. Includes bibliography, ISBN 978-0-939117-83-3 (paperback)

The Elegant Gathering: The Yeh Family Collection, 2006
Max Yeh, Wen-hsin Yeh, Kuiyi Shen, and Jason C. Kuo; entries by Michael Knight and He Li
224 pages, color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-33-9 (paper)

The Elegant Lotus: The Art and Life of Chang Shangpu (Constance Chang), 2004
Li He and Chu-tsing Li
104 pages, 80 color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 0-939117-23-1 (paper)

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775–1950, 2009
Forrest McGill, ed.; essays by Forrest McGill, M. L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati, and Peter Skilling
264 pages, approx. 185 color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-50-5 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-51-2 (paper)

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2016
Jay Xu and He Li, eds.; with contributions by Jay Xu, Fung Ming-chu, Ho Chuan-hsin, Alfreda Murck, Tianlong Jiao, He Li, and curators from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and the Asian Art Museum 272 pages, color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-73-4 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-74-1 (paper)

Essence of Indian Art, 1986
B. N. Goswamy
288 pages, color illustrations, 8.75 x 11.5 in. ISBN 0-939117-00-2 (paper)

Essence of Style: Chinese Furniture of the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, 1998
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth et al.
108 pages, color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-14-2 (cloth)

Exquisite Pursuits: Japanese Art in the Harry G. C. Packard Collection, 1994
Yoko Woodson and Richard Mellott
128 pages, 50 color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-295-97351-X (cloth) / 0-295-97352-8 (paper)

Fang Zhaoling: A Life in Painting, 2005
Melissa J. Walt; entries by Michael Knight
126 pages, approx. 50 color images, index, bibliography, 8 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-30-4 (paper)

Flower Power: The Meaning of Flowers in Asian Art, 2017
Dany Chan
128 pages, 95 color images, 8.25 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-79-6 (paperback)

Four Centuries of Fashion: Classical Kimono from the Kyoto National Museum, 1997
150 pages, color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-09-6 (paper)

Gorgeous, 2014
Allison Harding and Forrest McGill, eds.; with essays by Allison Harding, Caitlin Haskell, Forrest McGill, Christy Wampole, and Lawrence Weschler
160 pages, color illustrations, index, 9.5 x 11 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-68-0 (paper)

Goryeo Dynasty: Korea’s Age of Enlightenment, 918–1392, 2003
Kumja Paik Kim
320 pages, approx. 180 color images, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-24-x (cloth) / 0-939117-25-8 (paper)

The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, 1973
René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé
196 pages, b/w and color illustrations

Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, 2006
Terese Tse Bartholomew
352 pages, color illustrations, bibliography, English-language index, Chinese-language index, Pinyin subject index, Pinyin auspicious phrases index, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-36-3 (cloth) / 0-939117-37-1 (paper)

Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1998
Yoko Woodson
264 pages, 201 color illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939-117-16-9 (cloth)

Hopes and Aspirations: Decorative Painting of Korea, 1998
Kumja Paik Kim; with essay by Kay E. Black with Edward W. Wagner
64 pages, color illustrations, bibliography, 8.5 x 11 in. ISBN 0-939117-13-4 (paper)

In Grand Style: Celebrations in Korean Art during the Joseon Dynasty, 2013
Hyonjeong Kim Han; with essays by Kumja Paik Kim, Moon-sik Kim, and Jaebin Yoo
268 pages, approx. 200 color illustrations, bibliography, 9.25 x 9.25 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-67-3 (cloth)

In the Moment: Japanese Art from the Larry Ellison Collection, 2013
Laura W. Allen, Melissa M. Rinne, and Emily J. Sano; essays by Emily J. Sano, Matthew P. McKelway, and Joe Earle
176 pages, approx. 100 color illustrations, index, bibliography, 10.75 x 11.5 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-61-1 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-62-8 (paper)

Kimono Refashioned, 2018
Yuki Morishima and Rie Nii, ed. 144 pages, 209 images, 9.5 x 11 in. Includes glossary and bibliography ISBN 978-0-939117-85-7 (paperback)

The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand, 1350–1800, 2005
Forrest McGill, ed.; essays by Forrest McGill, Dhiravat na Pombejra, Hiram Woodward, Santi Leksukhum, M. L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati, and Henry Ginsburg; entries by Forrest McGill, with M. L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Tushara Bindu Gude, and Natasha Reichle
200 pages, color illustrations, index, bibliography, 8.75 x 12 in. ISBN 89-939117-27-4 (paper)

Kingdom of the Sun: Indian Court and Village Art from the Princely State of Mewar, 2007
Joanna Williams; essays by Cynthia Talbot, Tryna Lyons, Kavita Singh, and Jyotindra Jain; entries by Joanna Williams
240 pages, color illustrations, index, bibliography, 8.5 x 12 in ISBN 0-939117-39-8 (paper)

Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, 2007
Michael Knight, He Li, and Terese Tse Bartholomew; additional entries by Melissa Abbe
368 pages, approx. 400 color illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, 9.5 x 12.25 ISBN 978-0-939117-41-3 (cloth)

Leaning Forward Looking Back: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea, 2003
Jeff Kelley and Kang Seungwan
112 pages, color illustrations, 8.25 x 10 in. ISBN 89-954206-2-6 (paper)

Living Masters: The Paintings of Zhu Qizhan, 1995
24 pages, color illustrations, 7.5 x 11 in. ISBN 0-939117-07-X

Looking at Patronage: Recent Acquisitions of Asian Art, 1989
Curatorial Staff of the Asian Art Museum
112 pages, approx. 61 color illustrations, 6 x 10 in. ISBN 0-939117-03-7 (paper)

Lords of the Samurai: The Legacy of a Daimyo Family, 2009
Yoko Woodson; with Melissa M. Rinne, essays by Takeuchi Jun’ichi, Thomas Cleary, and Deborah Clearwaters; additional contributions from Abe Junko, Miyake Hidekazu, Jennifer Chen, and Natasha Reichle
240 pages, approx. 200 color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-46-8 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-47-5 (paper)

Masters of Bamboo: Artistic Lineages in the Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Basket Collection, 2007
Melissa M. Rinne; with Koichiro Okada, contributions by Robert T. Coffland
144 pages, approx. 100 color illustrations, index of artists, bibliography, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-40-6 (paper)

Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan, 1995
Patricia Berger and Terese Tse Bartholomew
352 pages, 277 color and 81 b/w illustrations, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 0-500-23705-0 (cloth) / 0-939117-12-6 (paper)

The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, 2004
Michael Knight and Li Huayi
128 pages, approx 65 color illustrations, 8 x 12 in. ISBN 0-939117-26-6 (paper)

Nagasaki and Yokohama Prints from the Richard Gump Collection, 1981
Yoshiko Kakudo
40 pages, color and b/w illustrations

Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy, 2012
Michael Knight and Joseph Z. Chang, eds.; with contributions from Jonathan Chaves, Ho Chuan-hsin, Huang Dun, Michael Knight, Celia Carrington Riely, Wang Lianqi, Wang Yao-t’ing, Xiao Yanyi, and Xue Longchun
352 pages, approx. 124 color illustrations, index, bibliography, partially bilingual, 9.5 x 12.5 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-63-5 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-64-2 (paper)

The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe, 2016
Forrest McGill, ed.; introduction by Pika Ghosh, essays by Robert P. Goldman, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Philip Lutgendorf, and Forrest McGill; entries by Qamar Adamjee, Jeffrey Durham, Pika Ghosh, Forrest McGill, and Natasha Reichle
288 pages, color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-76-5 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-77-2 (paper)

Rocks into Gold: Zhan Wang: Sculptures from the Sierra, 2008
Jeff Kelley; with essay by Britta Erickson
88 pages, approx. 75 color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-45-1 (paper)

Seduction: Japan’s Floating World, 2015
Laura W. Allen; with essays by Julia Meech, Eric C. Rath, and Melinda Takeuchi
280 pages plus foldouts, color illustrations, index, bibliography, 9 x 12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-69-7 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-70-3 (paper)

Shanghai: Art of the City, 2010
Michael Knight and Dany Chan; with contributions by Nancy Berliner, Britta Erickson, He Li, Li Lei, Shan Guolin, and Wen-hsin Yeh
300 pages, approx. 300 color illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, 10.25 x 13.25 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-52-9 (cloth) / 978-0-939117-54-3 (paper)

Spaces Within: Installations by Michael Lin and Wu Mali, 2004
Pauline Yao
80 pages, approx. 85 color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 0-939117-20-7 (paper)

Sui Jianguo: The Sleep of Reason, 2004
Jeff Kelley
104 pages, approx. 82 color illustrations, 8.75 x 10.25 in., ISBN 0-939117-28-2 (cloth) / 0-939117-29-0 (paper)

teamLab: Continuity, 2020
Karen G. Oen and Clare Jacobson, ed.
160 pages, 122 color images, 10 x12 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-87-1 (hardcover)

The Three Gorges Project: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong, 2006
Jeff Kelley; additional essay by William L. Fox
112 pages plus foldouts, approx. 135 color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 0-939117-35-5 (paper)

Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China’s Han Dynasty, 2017
Jay Xu, ed.; Jay Xu and Fan Jeremy Zhang, cocurators; Jamie Chu and Claire Yi Yang, coordinating editors; with texts by Jay Xu, Li Zebin, Li Yinde, and Tianlong Jiao
224 pages, 261 color images, 9.5 x 10.5 in. Includes index and bibliography ISBN 978-0-939117-78-9 (hardcover)

Tomb Treasures from China: The Buried Art of Ancient Xi’an, 1994
80 pages, color illustrations, 8.5 x 11 in. ISBN 0-912804-30-0 (paper)

Traditions Unbound: Groundbreaking Painters from Eighteenth-Century Kyoto, 2005
Matthew P. McKelway, ed.; essays by Yoko Woodson, Moriya Katsuhisha, Higuchi Kazutaka, Kano Hiroyuki, and Matthew P. McKelway 208 pages, approx. 200 color illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, 9 x 12 in., ISBN 0-939117-32-0 (paper)

The 2014 San Francisco Forum of Art Museum Directors: Museums Transcending Time and Place, 2015
Jay Xu 100 pages, color illustrations, 8.5 x 10 in. ISBN 978-0-939117-71-0 (paper)

Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, 1991
Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A. F. Thurman 408 pages, color illustrations, 9 x 11.75 in. ISBN 0-939117-04-5 (paper)

Yoong Bae: Late Works, 1996
Kumja Paik Kim 24 pages, color illustrations ISBN 0-939117-08-8

Zen Painting and Calligraphy, 17th–20th Centuries, 2001
Yoko Woodson 96 pages, approx. 68 illustrations, 9 x 11 in. ISBN 0-939117-18-5 (paper)