Download or read book The Ultimate Netsuke Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Netsuke Bibliography is a comprehensive bibliography of more than 4,400 bibliographic print and non-print entries covering all aspects of Japanese netsuke, the miniature carvings which Japanese men used to suspend various items from the sash belt that fastened their kimono. It is organized into 15 major and 5 minor categories. Each category is further divided into 11 subcategories. Additional features include four indices (Author, Journal, Place, and Subject), and a variety of appendices. It contains 2,196 books, 1,861 journal articles (457 from the Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal), 367 from the Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1,494 auction catalogs, 431 items in French, 254 items in Japanese, 60 items prior to 1900, including 9 auction catalogs. Includes most materials published through the end of 1998. A section of Late Arrivals, including last minute submissions and items in early 1999, is listed as well. This volume is a necessity for every netsuke collector, bibliophile, art library and museum.

Download or read book Catalogue of Auction written by Christie, Manson & Woods and published by . This book was released on 1983-02-22 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index of Art Sales Catalogs 1981 1985 Main index January 5 1981 October 6 1984 written by and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Arts of Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lacquerware in Asia Today and Yesterday written by Monika Kopplin and published by Unesco. This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating back several thousand years, the art of lacquer is one of the most ancient expressions of Asian culture, and this publication provides an overview of the different kinds of methods and materials used in Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The number of people employed in this ancestral art has fallen dramatically throughout Asia in recent decades, and this book considers the challenges to its survival as well as highlighting the importance of documenting past and modern procedures.

Download or read book Oriental Art written by William Cohn and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts written by Virginia G. Atchley and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over forty years, the name Virginia Atchley has been synonymous with the collecting fo miniature Japanese arts in America. Virginia Atchley has now decided to share her collection with other aficionados in this book. Detailed here are over 400 pieces, with signatures.

Download or read book A Guide to Japanese Art Collections in the UK written by Gregory Irvine and published by Brill Hotei. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to some 180 important public collections of Japanese art in the UK, this work provides an introduction outlining when, how, and by whom Japanese art has been collected.

Download or read book Japan Its History Arts and Literature written by Frank Brinkley and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Living Masters of Netsuke written by Miriam Kinsey and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1984 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Working of the National Gallery written by National Gallery (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shishi and Other Netsuke written by Rosemary Bandini and published by Hotei Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-time collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting netsuke of animals and celestial beings. A considerable part of the collection consists of so-called shishi (lion dogs). These beautiful miniature art objects have been described at length by Rosemary Bandini. beautiful Japanese art form. The appendix contains pictures of the signatures found on the netsuke, a very useful guide to the collector.

Download or read book Oriental Antiques Art written by Sandra Andacht and published by Wallace-Homestead. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to oriental art and antiques with photographs, charts, drawings and tables to aid identification. Prices are accompanied by descriptions of an array of objects, from porcelain and pottery, furniture and furnishings, to snuff bottles, jewellery, and games and toys.

Download or read book Treasures of Imperial Japan written by Oliver R. Impey and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Netsuke Masks written by Raymond Bushell and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Netsuke are small toggles or buckles carved from wood or ivory. The Japanese in the seventeenth century used them to fasten pouches to their kimono belt, since kimonos had no pockets. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader on an exciting tour of one type of netsuke—those carved to look like the masks used by stage actors.

Download or read book The Book of Ivory written by George Charles Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: