Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints

Baten, Lea

ISBN 10: 0834803445 / ISBN 13: 9780834803442

Edité par Shufunotomo; Weatherhill, Tokyo and New York, 1995

A propos de cet article

Cloth, 160 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "This unique book looks to Japanese woodblock prints for a record of the toys and games of old Japan. A visual feast, it presents over 170 colour illustrations of playthings, games, and pastimes, depicted both in photographs and in prints by such masters as Hokusai, Utamaro, and Kunisada. All printmakers are identified, and all toys and games are explained in informative short essays that shed light not only on the objects and activities but also on Japanese popular culture, history, and religion. With its wealth of visual and textual information, this is a delightful book to browse through as well as an important resource for collectors and students of Japanese art & life." - Publisher. Size: 4to.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints
• Éditeur: Shufunotomo; Weatherhill, Tokyo and New York
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0834803445
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780834803442
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Type de livre: Collectible
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Media::Prints
  • Genre & Subject::Genre (Everyday Life)
  • Asian::Japanese
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES
  • XXL::Extra Extra Large

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Synopsis

In-4° cartonnage d'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, 160 pp., nombreuses oeuvres reproduites en couleurs in et hors-texte, texte en anglais ; jaquette légèrement brunie, très bon état

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.