Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty ChinaEmpresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is the first book in any language devoted to the art of imperial women in China. Utilizing a wide range of historical sources and materials, this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study pieces together a lost history of female creativity by focusing on the critical role emperors wives played as patrons, collectors, taste makers, and artists during the three century Song dynasty (9601279), an era noted