Contributions

  • Brase, Michael, translator - Contributor
  • Komada, Makiko, translator - Contributor
  • Murose, Kazumi, 1950- writer of foreword - Contributor

Publication

2019 - Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, Tokyo, Japan, Japan

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC745.7/26
  • LCCNK9900 .M313 2019

Alternate Titles

  • Urushi no hanashi

Description

"Urushi, Japanese lacquerware, is perhaps the oldest and most sublime of all the Japanese arts and crafts. Its history goes back more than 7,000 years, and it is still vibrantly alive today. It is practiced by craftsmen working in time-honored techniques and by modern artists forging the future. Valued for its utilitarian durability, urushi developed into an incomparable art, adorning a multitude of objects from luxurious palaces to lavish murals and exquisitely crafted fountain pens. The present book, written more than fifty years ago by the Living National Treasure Matsuda Gonroku, has long been a must-read for collectors, researchers, and laypeople. It is the "bible" of urushi, covering every conceivable aspect of the subject. It includes some fifty full-color illustrations of masterpieces honored by history and masterworks by Matsuda himself"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Japan library
  • Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

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