Tokyo: National Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations Association of Japan, 1927-1932 [publication dates 1928-1932]

The period covered by Arts:Search is 1927-1932. Available now]

Annual survey [in English] of contemporary Japanese art. Each volume contains details of recent acquisitions by art museums; reports on recent exhibitions, including those held by the Imperial Fine Arts Academy Exhibition, the Institute of Japanese Art, and the Nikakai Society; news on the activities of the principal schools and institutes of fine art in Japan; profiles of art organizations in Japan; reports on recent auction sales of works of art; a directory [biographies] of contemporary Japanese artists and art workers; illustrations of recent work by contemporary Japanese artists; and a bibliography. The Year Book of Japanese Art is an invaluable source of reference on Japanese art during the years it was published.