"This volume is a valuable contribution to the subject of narrative art in Asia, with narrative art of South and Southeast Asia and that of East Asia presented together in one volume. This strengthens the common ground of narrative art in Asia, and provid

"The topic is timely, some excellent scholars are involved. Naturally it is not feasible to cover all of Asia's varied traditions in a single text; this volume offers a preponderance of essays focusing on the art of the Han Chinese but also includes piece

Alexandra Green is the Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia at the British Museum in London and editor of Eclectic Collecting Art from Burma in the Denison Museum.