| INTRODUCTION | xi |
| THE RANGE OF IDEALS | 1 |
| THE PRIMITIVE ART OF JAPAN | 14 |
| CONFUCIANISM--NORTHERN CHINA | 28 |
| LAOISM AND TAOISM--SOUTHERN CHINA | 43 |
| BUDDHISM AND INDIAN ART | 62 |
| THE ASUKA PERIOD (550-700 A.D.) | 83 |
| THE NARA PERIOD (700-800 A.D.) | 108 |
| THE HEIAN PERIOD (800-900 A.D.) | 128 |
| THE FUJIWARA PERIOD (900-1200 A.D.) | 141 |
| THE KAMAKURA PERIOD (1200-1400 A.D.) | 153 |
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| ASHIKAGA PERIOD (1400-1600 A.D.) | 163 |
| TOYOTOMI AND EARLY TOKUGAWA PERIOD (1600-1700 A.D.) | 185 |
| LATER TOKUGAWA PERIOD (1700-1850 A.D.) | 195 |
| THE MEIJI PERIOD (1850 TO THE PRESENT DAY) | 205 |
| THE VISTA | 236 |