reikichi ueda adapted japanese raymond (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. with 226 new photographs in color (24) and gravure (illustrateur). States "Eighth printing, 1973" (of a book originally published 1961 -- while the author's Preface is dated 1942.) The second half of the volume comprises a biographical index of some 1,342 carvers of the thumb-sized collectibles (designed to fasten the cord of a pouch or box hanging from the sash of the kimono, they evaded the proscription against ostentatious ornament) of the 17th Century Tokugawa and Meiji eras. 325 pp. including Index, here reduced from $15.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Jacket has been price clipped. The front lower spine corner has a mended ohe half inch tear. It is in a plastic cover and looks very good. It has 226 new photographs in color and gravure.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in English, first printing. Statement "First printing 1961" to the copyright page. Sturdy and handsome first edition book production. Illustrated with twenty-four color illustrations, and two-hundred-two black-and-white illustrations on quality photographic plates. Based on the author's in-person examinations and research, this comprehensive study includes biographical facts on over 1,342 carvers with their facsimile signatures, descriptions of techniques and materials used, regional characteristics, identifying marks, history of carving, and more. Small minor tan stain to the outer upper page edges, former owner's name to the upper edge of the front end-paper, else very good plus in high-quality brown-and-cream buckram-tweed linen with orange embossed titles to the front cover and to the spine, orange headband and tail-band, textured taupe end-papers; in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with surface nicks and short tears to the upper spine edge, two one-inch scratches to the upper front panel, and a mild diagonal crease to the rear panel; housed in a very good plus lightly dust-soiled slip-case with an illustrated cream-teal wrap-around title label. Octavo; 325 pages; bibliography; glossary-index. A nice gift item.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Beige cloth boards; small red design in Japanese on front; author, title & pbl in red on spine. Cut edges clean. Fawn endpapers clean; owner's label on fpdep. Text block tight, pages clean. Contains numerous colour and b/w photos. Clipped, pictorial jacket is slightly chipped with 3 small closed tears at the top. Preamble & revues on flaps. Book is in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 5th or later Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 16.4 x 23.8 cm; 1.015 Kg; 325 pages with 226 illustrations, 24 in colour.; Eleventh printing. Used book with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket has a minor tear on the bottom of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the slipcase.; In recent years a number of books have appeared in Western languages on the fascinating miniature sculptures of Japan called netsuke. Oddly enough, all these have been written by Occidentals, most of whom have drawn heavily - with varying degrees of accuracy - upon the research of Japanese experts. High time it is, then, that the leading Japanese authority, Ueda Reikichi, be allowed to speak for himself. Ever since its Japanese publication in 1943, his 'Netsuke no Kenkyu' has been recognized as a definite work in the field. In adapting this valuable study from the Japanese and illustrating it profusely with new photographs, Raymond Bushell has performed a singular service for netsuke aficionados throughout the world. Netsuke have long exerted an irresistible attraction for Occidental collectors. These tiny carvings, principally in ivory and wood, are distinguished by a charm of conception and an attention to detail that frequently make them equal of sculpture on a grander scale. Yet they were originally utilitarian objects designed to serve as pendants or toggles to support tobacco pouches, medicine boxes, and similar items suspended by a cord from the obi. In compiling his handbook, Ueda engaged in exhaustive research that took him not only into the examination of thousands of individual netsuke but also into such areas as the history of the netsuke, the great variety of materials used by the carvers, the regional characteristics of the netsuke, and the biographical facts concerning no fewer than 1,342 netsuke carvers. This biographical information, arranged in concise and really digestible form, constitutes the second part of the volume and, for collectors, the most valuable part, for it includes not only the characters for the real and the art names of the carvers but also a large number of facsmile signatures by which the various carvers may be identified. The 226 photographs, of which 24 are in colour, represent a wide variety of outstanding and representative netsuke and thus form a panorama of netsuke history in which all types appear - from the early and comparatively simple to the late and more intricate.