Japanese Art: The Great European Collections (Volume 6) by Hirayama, Ikuo and Tadashi Kobayashi - 1997

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 275, [2] pp. Color plates, including 1 fold-out; black & white illustrations. Art work descriptions in Japanese and English. 8 page booklet with English text by John Bester laid in providing descrptions for the 142 color plates. Dark brown cloth with black lettering, housed in publisher's rose silk covered slipcase with gilt lettering. A fine copy in near fine slipcase (sunning to spine extending 1 1/2" to front cover). A beautiful catalog of Japanese art work at the Musee Guimet in Paris including paintings, screens, scrolls, and lacquerware.