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which was expertly installed by Asian Art Department technicians Beatrice Pinto,
Imtikar Ally, Lori Carrier, and Luis Nuñez. Lighting was handled by Richard
Lichte, Clint Coller, and Ryan Schmidt. Florica Zahara and Kristine Kamiya in

the Department of Textile Conservation facilitated the preparation and display
of kimonos.
The Editorial Department deserves special kudos for producing such a

beautiful catalogue on short notice. Mark Polizzotti, Michael Sittenfeld, Gwen
Roginsky, and Peter Antony were willing to embark on an ambitious publication
project despite my recent arrival. I owe a special debt of gratitude to my editor,
Dale Tucker, for shepherding the project and for his forbearance and insistence
on clarity. Jean Wagner was punctilious with the bibliography and checklist. The

book’s sumptuous design was created by Jean Wilcox, while Sally Van Devanter
brought the vivid colors of Rinpa to life on the page. Marcie Muscat edited the
labels for both rotations of the exhibition. Additional assistance on the project

was provided by Hilary Becker, Robert Weisberg, and Elizabeth Zechella.
Gratia Williams Nakahashi and Stephanie Wada handled arrangements of
loans from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation; Sadako Ohki at the Yale
University Art Gallery facilitated the loan of the Nobutada screen. At the
John C. Weber Collection, Julia Meech helped with viewings and answered

many queries. An exhibition and catalogue comprising such a diverse array of
objects led me to turn to colleagues near and far for advice, and I am particu-
larly grateful to Timothy Clark, Joyce Denney, Joe Earle, Robert and Betsy

Feinberg, Barbara Ford, Christine Guth, Alfred Haft, Mami Hatayama, Iwata
Hideyuki, Kawai Masatomo, Kobayashi Fumiko, Kobayashi Tadashi, Heinz
and Else Kress, Marco Leona, Yukio Lippit, Matthew McKelway, Terry
Milhaupt, Noguchi Takeshi, Amy Poster, Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere,
Timon Screech, Shirahara Yukiko, Miwako Tezuka, Mary Wallach, and

Masako Watanabe. I am indebted to Jennifer Preston and Frank Feltens for
reading earlier versions of the manuscript and making many helpful comments.
For bringing my attention to many important objects from private collections

and providing useful information, I want to thank Joan and Fred Baekeland,
Robert Coffland, Carol Conover, James Freeman, Sebastian Izzard, Leighton
Longhi, Joan B. Mirviss, Yoshinori Munemura, Koichirō Okada, Erik Thomsen,
and Koichi Yanagi.

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