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Resources Books and Teaching Guides Baker, Joan Stanley. Japanese Art . New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Doi, Tsugiyoshi. Momoyama Decorative Painting. Trans. Edna B. Crawford. New York: Weatherhill, 1977. Grilli, Elise. The Art of the Japanese Screen . New York and Tokyo: Walker-Weatherhill, 1970. Kalman, Bobbie. Japan the Culture . The Land, People, and Culture Series. New York: Crabtree Publishing, 1989. Lyons, Nancy Hague, and Sarah Ridley. Japan: Images and Words: An Interdisciplinary Unit for Sixth-Grade Art and Language Arts Classes . Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994. Electronic Resources A good starting point for teachers or others interested in exploring Asian resources on the Internet is the Asia Society http://www.askasia.org/. The Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art hosts an informative website: http://www.asia.si.edu . Teachers can find resources for the study of Japanese art: http://www.asia.si.edu/education/teacherResources/onlineGuidesJapanese.htm Acknowledgments Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Sarah Ridley Assistant Head of Education Nancy Hague Lyons Freer Teacher Associate, 199394 Marie Theriault ImaginAsia coordinator Ann Yonemura Assistant Curator, Japanese Art Waki Murayama Schools Program Intern   Photographs Freer Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution Art to Zoo Art to Zoo is a publication of the Smithsonian Office of Education, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Content Developer Alan Smigielski Editor Douglas Casey Translator Sarita Rodriguez World Wide Web Design Alan Smigielski Print Publication Design Karlic Design Associates, llc Baltimore, Maryland Publications Director Michelle Knovic Smith