Rogers, Howard: KAIKODO JOURNAL XI SPRING 1999. In the Company of Spirits. New York, 1999. c. 300 pp., 74 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper.
A Kaikodo exhibition with a large number of funerary objects but numerous other items including a calligraphy album by Dong Qichang, an 18th century zitan table, 2 Song fan paintings. With essays by Lark Mason on the zitan table, Anita Chung writes on Xugu, Cahill "The Emperor's Erotica" plus more. A large and scholarly catalogue.
Kaikodo: KAIKODO JOURNAL XII. Scholarly Premises. New York, 1999. 338 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
To their usual high standard, this large Kaikodo catalogue shows a number of Chinese paintings and objects with a scholarly theme as well as a selection of fine Chinese antiquities dating from the Han to the Qing.
Kaikodo: KAIKODO JOURNAL XIII. Summoning the Seasons: The Art of Li Xubai. New York, 1999. 77 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
An exhibition of paintings by the modern Chinese artist, Li Xubai, born in Fujian in 1940. Interesting modern interpretations of traditional Chinese landscape painting themes.