...Patricia Berger I am not the only author to whom Naomi mentioned polluting the pool of knowledge, for this is a stratagem to startle her writers into taking her seriously. Inexperienced authors consider this intrusive, even rude; experienced writers understand that they are being given priceless...

...Marsha Haufler; John M. Rosenfield Copyright © Asia Society 2012 Behind the Scenes at Archives: an Appreciation of Naomi Noble Richard he management of Archives is hardly arcane, but it invoked in various languages. Email subject lines like Tmay not be wholly transparent...

... ministrations of our long-time editor Naomi Noble Richard (for more on Naomi, please see p. vi); starting with volume 63, manuscript editing will be the responsibility of Manuscript Editors Joseph Newland and Sheryl Conkelton; e manuscripts on all periods of Asian art are welcome; the Editorial Board...

... to future and the many changes in the way the journal is authors. On occasion, however, board members have produced, our incomparable editor, Naomi Richard, offered to step out from behind the screen and allow has continued to make Archives a pleasure to read. me to reveal their identity to an author...

...Rick Asher; Naomi Noble Richards; Vishakha Desai; Melissa Chiu Copyright © Asia Society 2011 2 ARCHIVES OF ASIAN ART will certainly continue, our exchanges will lose the enter- As did Marsha. Her marvelous sense of humor made taining edginess inspired by the peculiarities of each...

..., to the extent that vol- (John Rosenfield and Richard Barnhart), and our new edi- ume 34 (1981) did not contain a single article on Chinese tor, Naomi Noble Richard, are devoted to the same goal. art. And the makeup of the journal has evolved in other Naomi Richard took over as Editor of Archives...

... John Rosenfield Athena Zonars Naomi Noble Richard, Editor Manuscripts submitted for publication may be sent to the Chair also responsible for obtaining from the publishers, authors, of the Editorial Board, Professor Marsha Weidner...

... John Rosenfield Naomi Noble Richard, Editor The publishers apologize for inadvertently omitting the names of the editorial board members and the editor in Volume LIII. A CALL TO ACTION Dear Friends and Readers: pledges of support until...

.... 48 In Shock Doctrine , Naomi Klein takes a similarly pessimistic approach in proposing “disaster capitalism,” wherein political leaders deliberately exploit crises by implementing controversial policies while citizens are struggling for regeneration, both physically and emotionally. Klein even...

.... Special thanks also a viewer in, or allow the tomb occupants to enter the to Naomi Richard for her many insightful suggestions and ‘‘space’’ ‘‘outside’’ the door? It is this ambiguity, I sug- meticulous editing. gest, that makes the motif...

...- menting on earlier drafts of this paper. I am also much When he memorialized his predecessor Maha¯ra¯ja¯ Daolat indebted to my editor, Naomi Noble Richard, for all of Rao Scindia in the early 19th century, Jankoji Rao Scin- her input. All photographs by author. dia appropriated from chronotopes...

... Dalmia, and Elizabeth Honig for their patient the bas-relief with the clerics) and worshipped (in the critique and support of my writing, to Naomi Noble extraordinary placement of the sculpture within its own Richard for the surgeon's-knife-kindness of her editorial nave in the chapel...

... there anonymous referees. Naomi Richard accomplished mira- undoubtedly were, but without the maker's internal drive dles in editing an inchoate manuscript, for which I am to produce a beautiful image it seems most unlikely that a deeply grateful. piece of sculpture like Kannon #178 would ever have...

... of Asian Art, Naomi Richard. Additionally, of this mosque is unknown, for the sake of consistency I I have benefited from discussions in the colloquium ‘‘Inter- shall use the label ‘‘Khwa¯ja Jaha¯n cultural Islam: Betwixt and Between in the Medieval 4. I take the phrase ‘‘buildings of Islamic...

... the former war painters, including Mukai, Cultural Properties, Tokyo. Also, I am sincerely grateful with the chance to defend themselves twenty-some years to Archives’ editor, Naomi Noble Richard, as well as to after the war’s end. The Weekly Yomiuri, a conservative anonymous readers for their invaluable...

... releases begin to emphasize this point about connections between cultures. 20. Conan Cheong, Theresa McCullough, Stephen Murphy, Clement Onn, Kan Shuyi, Naomi Wang, Dominic Yeo, Jackie Yoong, Noorashikin Zulkifli. E-mail from Trudy Tan, Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Asian...

... thank Chief Curator publication, Naomi Noble Richard, for her detailed and Lee Hee Kwan and Curator Park Chan Hee from the constructive editing suggestions, and the anonymous Horim Museum in Seoul for their generous support reviewer for his or her thorough attention to detail...

... and its flaws. I further ‘‘An Kyo˘ n and ‘A Dream Visit to the Peach Blossom thank Naomi Noble Richard for her editing of the text. Land p. 62. 57. The name Bihaedang, ‘‘Master of Non-Idleness 49. See Ahn Hwi-joon, ibid., pp. 61–62. Bak Paeng...

..., Art and Culture (Madras: New Era, 1983), pp. 361-73; V eral anonymous readers for their excellent criticisms of earlier drafts of Balambal, "Great Women of Chola Dynasty," Journal of Tamil Studies, vol. this paper; and to Naomi Noble Richard for editing my prose so close- 10 (1976), pp. 71-88...

... the bronzes in the collections under their supervision. Finally, I would Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978), pp. 19,22. like to thank Naomi Richard for her valuable editorial contributions. 10. Kramrisch et al., Arts and Crafts of Kerala, The Form of the This article was completed prior to the Arthur...