"This book originally appeared in Japanese as Nihon bijutsu no rekishi (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2005). First English edition published 2018 by University of Tokyo Press."

"This volume was produced by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and the Publishing Office, National Gallery of Art, Washington"--Colophon.
"Proceedings of the symposium "The Artist in Edo," organized by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, and the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and sponsored by the Anne van Biema Endowment Fund, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Japan Foundation, and the Starr Foundation. The symposium was held April 13-14, 2012, in Washington"--Colophon.