History of Insects Book

This is a textbook that is a very rich and exhaustive primer on Japanese art, from prehistoric Japan until today. The writing style is very readable and clear, and thus this is a very useful and helpful book for those interested in Japanese history.

The downsides are these however:
1) It is very tedious and at times very boring.
2) If you want the history of anime, look elsewhere.

I recommend it if you want to learn about Japanese art history, but I don't think this is suitable for pleasure reading.