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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hugo Munsterberg was born in Germany, the son of the famous German Orientalist Oskar Munsterberg. He has lived in the United States since 1935, receiving his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, where he followed his father's footsteps by specializing in Oriental art, studying under Benjamin Rowland, Langdon Warner, and Laurence Sickman. After completing his doctoral thesis on Chinese Buddhist bronzes, he taught Oriental art first at Wellesley College and then at Michigan State College. He was Professor of Art History at, the International Christian University, Tokyo, until 1956 and is now teaching at New York State University.

In addition to many articles and book reviews on the art and culture of China and Japan, he has published several books, including: The Folk Arts of Japan, The Arts of Japan: An Illustrated History, and The Art of the Chinese Sculptor.