Japanese Masterworks offers a survey of Japanese painting spanning 600 years (the 1300s to early 1900s) and including almost all of the major genres and styles. Especially important are paintings - hanging scrolls and folding screens - by many of the best-known artists of the Edo period (1615-1868). The paintings are illustrated in colour, and a detailed entry accompanies each painting. The book also includes artist biographies and four essays on the history of Japanese painting. A short essay on Japanese painting collections in the American Midwest and an essay on the history of the Asian art collection at the Indianapolis Museum of Art complete the volume. Heisaku Harada is director of the Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan. John Tadao Teramoto is associate curator of Asian art, Indianapolis Museum of Art. The other contributors include Christine M. E. Guth, Tae Nishida, Takeshi Nagai, Jyunji Takanashi, Yumiko Kuniga, and Shinji Hashimoto.