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Book: The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting
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a) Sze, Mai-mai, The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting. translated from the Chinese and edited by Mai-mai Sze, Princeton University Press: Princeton 1978 (second printing). (Good clean copy)
b) Priest, Alan, Chinese Flower and Fruit Prints From the Mustard Seed Garden and Ten Bamboo Studios-Metropolitan Museum of Art. American Studio Books/Holme Press, Inc.: New York/London 1946. Hardcover binding with twelve loose sheets with twelve tipped in prints, reproductions of prints from the Mustard Seed Garden and Ten Bamboo Studios, plus an introduction by Alan Priest, former curator of the Far Eastern Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. (Condition of binding mediocre, prints mostly in very good condition)
c) Sze, Mai-mai, The Way of Chinese Painting, its ideas and techniques, random House : New York 1959. Paperback. (yellowed, but good condition)
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Book: Chinese painted enamels
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Two books by the same title:
a) Hyde, J. A. Lloyd, Chinese Painted Enamels. From Private and Museum Collections. New York: China House Gallery/ The China Art Institute in America, 1969. Soft cover. 8vo., 48 pp., 71 objects described and photographed in b/w.
b) Gillingham, Michael, Chinese Painted Enamels. An Exhibition held in the Department of Eastern Art, June, July 1978, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1978. Soft cover. 96 pp., 131 objects described and photographed in b/w.
a) Slightly yellowed at edges, very good condition. b) Slightly faded at spine and edges, minimal traces of usage, good condition.
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Book: The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art
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Pre 1980 item# 949969 (stock# 10596)
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The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art
Consulting editors: Katsuichiro Kamei, Seiichiro Takahashi, Ichimatsu Tanaka,
New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha 1972-1976.
The complete series:
Vol 1: Major Themes in Japanese Art – Itsuji Yoshikawa ; Vol 2: The Beginnings of Japanese Art – Namio Egami ; Vol 3: Shinto: Ise and Izumo Shrines – Yasutada Watanabe ; Vol 4: Asuka buddhist Art: Horyu-ji – Seiichi Mizuno ; Vol 5: Nara Buddhist Art: Todai-ji – Tsuyoshi Kobayashi ; Vol 6: The Silk Road and the Shoso-in – Ryoichi Hayashi ; Vol 7: Temples of Nara and their Art – Minoru Ooka ; Vol 8: Art in Japanese esoteric Buddhism – Takaaki Sawa ; Vol 9: Heian Temples: Ryodo-in and Chuson-ji – Toshio Fukuyama ; Vol 10: Painting in the Yamato Style – Saburo Ienaga ; Vol 11: Sculpture of the Kamakura Period – Hisashi Mori ; Vol 12: Japanese Ink Painting: Shubun to Sesshu – Ichimatsu Tanaka ; Vol 13: Feudal Architecture of Japan – Kiyoshi Hirai ; Vol 14: Momoyama Decorative Painting – Tsuguyoshi Doi ; Vol 15: Japanese Art and the Tea Ceremony – T. Hayashi, M. Nakamura, S. Hayashiya ; Vol 16: Japanese Costume and Textile Arts – Seiroku Noma ; Vol 17: Momoyama Genre Painting – Yuzo Yamane ; Vol 18: Edo Painting: Sotatsu and Korin – Hiroshi Mizuo ; Vol 19: The Namban Art of Japan – Yoshitomo Okamoto ; Vol 20: Edo Architecture: Katsura and Nikko – Naomi Okawa ; Vol 21: Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan – Teiji Itoh ; Vol 22: Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan – Seiichiro Takahashi ; Vol 23: Japanese Painting in the Literati Style – Yoshiho Yonezawa and Chu Yoshizawa ; Vol 24: Modern Currents in Japanese Art – Michiaki Kawakita ; Vol 25: Japanese Art in World Perspective – Toru Terada ; Vol 26: Folk Arts and Crafts of Japan – Kageo Muraoka and Kichiemon Okamura ; Vol 27: The Art of Japanese Calligraphy – Yujiro Nakata ; Vol 28: The Garden Art of Japan – Masao Hayakawa ; Vol 29: The Art of Japanese Ceramics – Tsugio Mikami ; Vol 30: Japanese Art: A Cultural Appreciation ; Vol 31: General Index.
No dust jackets, some traces of usage, mostly good to very good condition.
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Book: Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting, 1956
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Osvald Siren: Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. Part I; The First Millennium (3 vols.), London: Lund Humphries/New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
Vol.I: Early Chinese Paintings (xi+235pp., colored frontispiece and b/w ills.)
Vol.II: The Sung Period (vi+189pp. and annotated lists 95pp., colored frontispiece and b/w ills.)
Vol.III: Plates (xviii pp., 372 b/w plates).
Bound with red cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. With slip cases. 28.5x23cm.
Books very good codition. Splipcases with slight traces of usage.
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Book: Chie Nakane, Japanese Society, 1981
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Nakane, Chie, Japanese Society, Pelican Sociology series, Penguin books, 1981 (re-issue from the original from 1970). Standard work on the subject. Pocket issue.
Slight traces of usage, pages yellowed, some pencil remarks, basically good condition.
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Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, Vol. 14, Number 1
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Pre 2000 item# 743518 (stock# B 095)
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Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, Vol. 14, Number 1, Spring 1994.
Contents:
Bushell Raymond, Questions & Answers, pp. 5-13 / 44-45, Kurstin, Joseph, Netsuke: Story Carvings of Old Japan, An Exhibit of Netsuke and Inro at EPCOT Center, pp. 14-24, Kres, Else, Zeshin Cake Box in the Collection of Harriet and
Melvin Jahss, new York, pp. 25-31, Lewis, Edmund J. The Bekkoden Sennin Inro, pp. 32-26, Wilhelm, Gabor, On the Continent, Sales room news, from Paris, Cologne, and Orleans, France, pp. 37-41, Chappell, Sharen; Szeszler, Denis, Legends: Kyoyu and Sofu, pp. 42-43, Comee, Stephen, Tokyo Tidings, pp. 48-50, Spring 1994, 56 pp., 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Paper. English text. Numerous colour plates, b/w illustrations.
Perfect condition.
On pp. 14 to 25 Elena and Joe Kurstin proudly introduce an Exhibition of their Netsuke at Epcot Center, a Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, from May 11, 1993 to May 10, 1997. This is followed on pp. 25-31 by Else Kress’ description of a unique Cake Box by Zeshin, covered with leaf-shaped examples of a wide variety of sprinkled gold powders. Ed Lewis reflects on pp. 32-36 on a suitable naming of a hitherto obscure Japanese style of inro decoration.
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Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, Vol. 13, Number 2
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Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, Vol. 13, Number 2, Summer 1993.
Contents:
Bushell Raymond, Questions & Answers, pp. 5-8, Ulak, James T., Namban, pp. 9-12, Lewis, Edmund J., When the Twain Met: The Namban Influence Upon Japanese Lacquer Art, pp. 13-24, Moss, Paul, Let’s go Dutch, Namban Netsuke, pp. 25-37, Kress, Else, Tobacco Smoking, Namban-jin and Their Pets in Old Japan, pp. 38-48, Dean, Michael, Four Groups of Japanese Namban Lacquer, pp. 49-61, Szeszler, Denis, Legends: Ashinaga and Tenaga, pp. 66-67, Comee, Stephen, Tokyo Tidings, pp. 70-71, Book reviews: Miss Maggie’s Whole New World, Davey, Neil K.; Netsuke on ‘Sunday Morning’, Cunningham Isabel, p. 74. Summer 1993,78 pp., 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Paper. English text. Numerous colour plates, b/w illustrations. Perfect condition.
James Ulak, at that time the Associate Curator of Japanese Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, gives us an in-depth information on Namban, as an ‘…romantically charged and regrettably imprecise term …’ while Ed Lewis cites Rudyard Kipling’s poem on the likelihood of East and West to meet (e.g. in Japanese art).
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Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, Vol. 12, Number 1
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Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, Vol. 12, Number 1, Spring 1992.
Contents:
Bushell Raymond, Questions & Answers, pp. 8-17, Davey, Neil K., Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), A Centennial Celebration, pp. 18-22, Lewis, Edmund J., Shibata Zeshin and the Seventh Sense, pp. 23-30, Wrangham, E.A. Zeshin and the Art of Metal Imitation, pp. 31-36, Meech, Julia, Zeshin and the Demon Woman, pp. 37-39, An Album of Zeshin Art from Various Collections, pp. 40-46, Wilhelm, G. On the Continent, The Rouviere Sale, Paris, pp. 46-49, Gallery St. James’ Exhibition, Zurich, pp. 50-52, Sale at Klefisch, Sale at Lempertz, p. 53, Bandini, Luigi, Learning at the Auctions, pp. 56-63, Davey, Neil K., An Auctineer’s View, p. 64
Spring 1992,72 pp., 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Paper. English text. Numerous colour plates, b/w illustrations.
Perfect condition.
In his Questions & Answers, on pp. 8-17, Raymond Bushell tells of an invitation to a meeting with a specialised group of U.S. Customs officials in San Francisco (1), of the derivation and calligraphy of the word tonkotsu (2), an auction house’s official and inofficial price (result) list (3), the use of a foolproof method (electronic scanning microscope) to discern elephant ivory from mammoth ivory (4), an oni netsuke hiding in the storage of the LACMA (5), and five more similarly interesting and unexpected questions.
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Book: Andon magazine, Vol. 11/2, no. 42, 1992
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Andon magazine, Vol. 11/2, no. 42.
October 1992.
36 pp., 24.5 x 17.5 cm. Paper. English text. Numerous b/w illustrations.
Contents:
Pulverer, Gerhard, Japanese woodblock prints and impressionism, pp. 31-42;
Groenewegen, Peter, Photography of prints and small objects, pp. 43-49;
Morse, Peter, Additional Drawings in Hokusai’s ‘Hundred Poets’ series, pp. 50-52;
Lane, Richard, Teenage mutant ninja: the book, p. 53;
Kress, Else, Travelling shrine in shape of an inro, p. 54/Front cover;
John Stevenson, Book reviews: Undercurrents in the Floating World, pp. 55-56.
Perfect condition.
In his very interesting article on Japanese woodblock prints and impressionism, Gerhard Pulverer cites examples from the Hokusai Manga over Edouard Manet and Whistler to Hiroshige, to Gustav Klimt, and to Aubrey Beardsley.
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