Japan

	A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art - 0932216226 The Japanese crane, a most auspicious symbol in Japan, has figured importantly in Japanese culture and art since ancient times, appearing over the centuries in almost every possible medium as a universal sign of goodwill. The title A Thousand Cranes is a metaphor for the spiritual grace and dignity that imbue the ninety art objects and cultural relics described in this lavishly illustrated book. Based on the Seattle Art Museum's world-renowned collection of Japanese art, this volume w... $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Baur Collection: Japanese Lacquer - 2880310059 This volume is the ninth in the General Catalog of the Baur Collection, and the fourth to be devoted to Japanese objects. It groups various series of lacquers (lacquer boxes and inro), leaving aside pipecases which will be published together with the other accessories of the smoker. Beautifully produced and limited in quantity. $229.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo - 0764312014 This gorgeous book delves into the elusive world of traditional Japanese tattooing. The Samurai spirit, Bushido, is an integral component of Japanese tattooing that is traced through the imagery and interpersonal dynamics of this veiled subculture. The eloquent text is based largely on Takahiro Kitamura's experiences as client and student of the famed Japanese tattoo master, Horiyoshi III. Over 200 beautiful photos by Jai Tanju capture the breathtaking tattoo artistry of Horiyoshi III. Five o... $23.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Butterfly Flash by Spider Webb - 0764315056 Hundreds of beautifully rendered butterflies by artist Spider Webb parade endless color and pattern variations in this portfolio of artistic inspirations. Both tattoo artists and graphic designers will find inspiration in these perforated pages, each a signed work of art, that you can remove and hang on the wall. $15.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Charles Greenfield Collection of Japanese Lacquer - 0950255629 With an introduction by E.A. Wrangham, this catalog presents 141 Japanese lacquer boxes and inro from one of the world's most prestigious collections. A majority of these pieces was exhibited at the Japan House Gallery in 1972, at the Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery in 1977, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980. $105.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Extraordinary Persons : Works by Eccentric, Non-Conformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580-1868) - 1891771000 The Powers Collection, formed with the assistance of leading Japanese scholars, is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the West and includes works by such outstanding painters as Yosa Buson, Ike no Taiga, and Uragami Gyokudo and literary figures such as novelist Ihara Saikaku and poet Matsuo Basho. This new catalogue is the result of studies of the collection undertaken for nearly thirty years by Harvard University faculty and students under the direction of John Rosenfield, an outs... $142.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Flowers, Dragons and Pine Trees: Asian Textiles in the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art - 1555952380 Comprised of some three hundred objects, the collection of Asian textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has remained a hidden treasure since its inception nearly a century ago. This small but important collection, which includes textiles from East, South and Central Asia dating from the fifteenth through twentieth century, displays remarkable geographical breadth, great diversity of technique, and a broad range of functions. With highlights including late Persian te... $39.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Hirado: Prince of Porcelains by Louis Lawrence - 1878529307 The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made excl... $38.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Hirado: Prince of Porcelains by Louis Lawrence (HC) - 1878529528 The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made excl... $63.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools 1912-1945 - 0764337696 Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools from 1912 to 1945 covers the formation of the schools, the evolution of the training aircraft and the training of pilots, other aircrew, and ground crew maintenance personnel. The book includes numerous photographs, many of which have not been seen before in any English language publication. In addition, the wide variety of aircraft used and the different markings they carried will be of particular interest to modellers and opens up to them in a completel... $79.99     View Details Add To Cart
	Japanese Armor (The Galeno Collection) - 1880656361 Richly illustrated, this new book presents Japanese armor from the collection of William A. Galeno, M.D., one of the largest private collections of Japanese armor in the West. It includes more than 100 pieces of armor, helmets, masks and accoutrements - almost all of which are made available to the public for the first time - spanning from the 14th century of the Muromachi period to the 19th century of the Edo period. With catalog entries and essays on the history of Japanese armor by Ian Bot... $55.25     View Details Add To Cart
	Japanese Bamboo Baskets: Masterworks of Form and Texture - 1878529595 Japanese Bamboo Baskets: Masterworks of Form and Texture surveys nineteenth- and twentieth-century baskets of Japan, their place in history, and the elevation of bamboo craft work to an art form. It features more than 250 illustrations of selections from the largest known collection of Japanese flower baskets. It is the first book in English to examine bamboo baskets as modern sculptural masterpieces as well as chronicle the development of Japanese flower-arranging baskets from utilita... $750.00     View Details Add To Cart