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Large Book: Contemporary Pottery of Kyushu
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Pre 1990 item# 747349
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On Reserve
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In Japanese this book is titled 'Gendai Kyushu no Togei' or Contemporary Pottery of Kyushu, at the time of printing that was 1980. It covers potters of that time from all the Kyushu prefectures and each potter has a few color or black and white photos of works; essays in back as well as bio and sign-seals of shown potters. With a slip cover and cardboard box, 245 pages, in fine condition, in Japanese only, published by Asahi Shimbun, list price of 29,000 yen.
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Mineo Okabe:A Retrospective
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Contemporary item# 634349
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3,800 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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We have a limited number of Okabe Mineo retrospective catalogs from his exhibition that started in Tokyo last week and will travel to four other locales in Japan until Sept. 2008. Okabe is an unheralded giant outside of Japan although he is one of the most important 20th century ceramic artists. His past exhibition catalogs were collector items--up until now--with one limited edition selling for over 100,000 yen(ps-actually just saw one online from a Tokyo gallery, 189,000 yen). This essential n ...click for details
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Ode to Japanese Pottery by Robert Yellin
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Contemporary item# 321422
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5,000 yen (7/1/2005,$49.95)
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In the world of Japanese pottery lie the aesthetic sensibilities of traditional Japanese culture. Robert L. Yellin, ceramic art columnist for The Japan Times, delivers in this detailed volume his insights into modern and contemporary Japanese pottery, in particular ceramic sake cups and flasks. Originally written in 1995 for a Japanese audience, Ode to Japanese Pottery is an ideal introduction to those unacquainted to Japanese pottery, and a welcome asset to the libraries of Japanese ceramic art ...click for details
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