Search Results: Japanese Art from Jorge Welsh Books

Dauphin Publishing Limited, London, 1993 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 25 x 32 cm; 2.4 Kg; 325 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Used book. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the hardcover cloth. Lacks the dust jacket.; "The Garrett Collection of Japanese Lacquer, inrõ, and netsuke offers an unusual research opportunity. As a virtually undisturbed first-generation collection, one of the few in the United States, one gains valuable insights into the collecting habits of one family. Also, light is shed on the availability of certain objects in the late nineteenth century, contemporary opinions and attributions to both the authorship and date of manufacture, as well as sense of the general level of knowledge held by Westerners about the Orient. The extensive holdings of mask netsuke alone afford one not only the opportunity to compare the nuances of the masks to one another, but also to their models, the… Read More

Studio Editions, London, 1989 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (lacks the dust jacket); 24 x 34 cm; 1.981 Kg; 248 pages plus 37 plates. Including many illustrated images, namely of ceramics, lacquer, textiles, paintings.; Ex-library book showing signs of wear on the cover, spine and back cover. The spine is cracked. The front free endpaper has a bar code glued on the bottom of the page and also part of an old sticker on the top of the page. Ex-library stamp on copyright page. Good readable copy.; ISBN: 0851702180; "In England the two works which attempted the most comprehensive survey of Japanese art were Thomas Cutler's: A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design, 1879-1880 and George Audsley's: The Ornamental Arts of Japan, 1882-1885. Extracts and reproductions have been selected from these publications to form the major part of this present book. Also included (.) are some plates reproduced from the portfolio published by Henry Ernst: Etoffes de Soie du Japan,… Read More

Art Media Resources, Ltd., USA, 1997 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 21.4 x 26.9 cm; 0.824 Kg; 175 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. The interior is in very good condition.;"Book on one of Japan's greatest porcelain factories, which enjoyed enduring patronage from the Matsura family, Lords of Hirado Island. We can confidently identify a distinctive Hirado ware from the late 17th century to the 1920's. (.) The aim of this book is to display Hirado ware with its subtlety, charm and magnificence in broadly chronological order; to summarize the documentation, and to underpin these with information about Western collectors, and an Appendix (6) with all known Hirado's artist signatures. In my view the author succeeds in his aims; furthermore the details here can be trusted since the author has used over 20 years enthusiasm and worldwide experience to winnow out the many Hirado imitations.(.) For over… Read More

Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2011 Book. Fine. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 20 x 24.6 cm; 1 Kg; 256 pages with colour Illustrations throughout; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London from the 3rd of July to the 28th of September 1997.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior. Interior as new.; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) holds an assured place in the history of world art as one of the greatest and best-loved masters of the woodblock print. Together with Katsushika Hokusai, he is the leading creator of landscape imagery in japanese printmaking. Acclaimed in the West as "the artist of mist, snow and rain", Hiroshige certainly possesses a poetic sensibility particularly well attuned to evoking atmospheric effects. Hiroshige is a master of the passing moment, subtly orchestrating a wide range of colours to articulate mood. Including maps, a chronology, glossary and bibliography, this volume offers an excellent introduction to the mainly-sided oeuvre of an… Read More

BIJUTSU SHUPPAN-SHA CO.LTD, Japan, 2017 Book. Fine. Hardcover. English and Japanese text, Hardcover, 19.1 x 26.4 cm, 0.757 Kg, 216 pages with collour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear. Looks as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; "This book introduces One Hundred Views of Edo made by Hiroshige, who achieved his greatest level of artistic skill at the point of its publication in his later years. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo was made from the third through the fifth year of the Ansei period (1856-1858) and consists of 120 woodblock prints in total, including a work by Second Utagawa Hiroshige and the table of contents. They recreate the lively scenery of the city of Edo (present day Tokyo) about 160 years ago. You can find their enchantment not only in the way he depicts scenery but also among the finest skills of woodblock printing that fill this work: delicately carved lines and colors added by gorgeous paints with delicate gradation. This book… Read More

Taschen GmbH, Koln, 2010 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Japanese binding in hardcover case with two clasps.; 26.2 x 31.5 cm, 2 Kg, 272 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover case. Due to use the binding is slightly curved on the right side first page of the binding. Very good copy.; Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world" ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views… Read More

Heron Books, London, 1970 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (leather without dust jacket); 208 pages with colour illustrations; 17.5 x 27.1 cm; 0.818 Kg; Used book in very good condition showing minor signs of wear.; "When Japanese prints were on show in Paris from 1867 onwards, Impressionism and its derivatives principally took from them certain formulas: formulas and precedents which formed the basis for the innovations considered desirable by painters at the time. Whistler, whose Old Battersea Bridge caused a sensation, was adapting Hiroshige. Degas, with his diagonal compositions, his balancing obliques, his broad planes, had taken his inspiration from Hokusai. And Monet would not have cut off so many boats in the middle, nor so far developed his evocation of the "day without shade which is truly itself", without the example of the ukiyo-e. His Nympheas, that long pictorial meditation which occupied the last twenty-five years of his life, remains one of the most… Read More

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Japanese text with English captions.; Paperback.; 23 x 30 cm; 1.85 Kg.; 400 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Tokyo National Museum from the 25th of October until the 4th of December 2005.; "This exhibition displays approximately 500 works dating from Hokusai's earliest period until he put down his brish and took to his final sickbed in the spring of his 90th year. This selection introduces the audience to Hokusai's unwavering creativity and the diversity of his unique artistic world." excerpt from the October 2005 Preface by Nihon Keizan Shimbun, Inc.; "Unquestionably the most thoroughly instructive study of the work of Katsushika Hokusai ever presented. How fitting that the prints, paintings, and drawings of this master gathered from around the world are assembled in Ueno, not far from the neighborhood where Hokusai crafted the humane yet haunting… Read More

Reunion des musees nationaux, Paris, France, 2014 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. French text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 25 x 30 cm; 2.7 Kg.; 416 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. Minor tear on front right side of the front cover. Interior as new.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (Paris) from October 1, 2014 to January 18, 2015 to celebrate the 200 years since the publication of the first 'Hokusai Manga'. The exhibition included approximately 700 Hokusai pieces..

Thames & Hudson, 2016 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text, Hardcover in printed cloth with closing ribbon (without dust jacket as issued), 16.8 x 23.2 cm, 0.850 Kg, 224 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear.; A beautifully illustrated introduction to Katsushika Hokusai, the most prolific artist of Japan's Edo period, and master of ukiyo-e - 'images of the floating world'. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan's Edo period, with a body of work reputed to include more than 30,000 drawings, paintings and prints. This book traces the career of this child from a working-class district of old Tokyo, then known as Edo, evoking the special atmosphere of this great city and of Japanese life, when Japan - closed to foreigners - developed in a vacuum a powerfully original culture. Its urban centres enjoyed increasing wealth and stability, leading to a flourishing culture of art and pleasure-seeking.… Read More

Chartwell Books, Inc, New Jersey, United States, 1989 Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 24.5 x 30 cm; 1 Kg; 37 pages plus appendix with 113 colour plates.; Used book with signs of wear on the dust jacket. The interior is in good condition.; Includes: The development of Japanese art, Methods and themes on graphic art, The Major painters and engravers, over 110 colour illustrations, Background commentary on each print and A glossary of Japanese art terms.; Typical of graphic art in Japan are the marvelous ukyio-e prints. At one time regarded as "decadent", the colorful portraits of beauties moving around the demi-monde and of actors performing in the popular kabuki theatres catch the spirit of the new life that developed in the major Japanese cities from the seventeenth century onwards. In this stunning book, the author traces the fascinating story of how Japanese art flourished under a number of aristocratic and military regimes, with graphic art… Read More

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1992 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 19 x 26.5 cm; 1.263 Kg; 323 pages illustrated with 158 full colour plates and 171 monochrome photographs.; Used book with minor signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket. The interior is in very good condition.; Cloisonné is an enamelware decoration made with colored glass enamels outlined in fine wares. Primarily used for ornamentation of vases, boxes, and trays, this art originated in ancient Greece, then traveled across the Asian continent to Japan, where it reached the peak of its development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Interestingly, once this art form reached its zenith in popularity, it fell from grace and was considered by most collectors a curious and intricate aberration of the Japanese sensibility. Today, however, Japanese cloisonné is growing more popular and is a subject of antique research. Nearly a decade has passed… Read More

V&A Publishing, London, 2016 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 23 x 25.5 cm; 1.2 Kg; 256 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. As new.; Japan has a centuries-long tradition of producing stunningly beautiful and intricate crafts. Japanese ceramics, lacquerware, metalwork, textiles and decorative carvings have a global reputation for refinement and technique. Japanese Art and Design. drawing on the V&A's world-class collections, explores these arts and crafts thematically through chapters that focus on such areas as the influence of Buddhism and Shinto, samurai patronage, the highly aestheticized tea ceremony, ukiyo-e and the graphic arts, and the influence of the West on these arts. Chapters on modern and contemporary crafts and design include discussions of Japan's endless technological innovations and product design, showing how the country's traditions of quality and artistry continue today..

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, 1971 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16 x 22 cm; 0.955 Kg; 256 pages with 286 illustrations; Used book with signs of wear. The dust jacket is protected with a clearcover.; Of all the forms of art in Japan, that of pottery is perhaps the best illustration of the Japanese feeling for individuality. Japanese porcelains do not show this as pottery does; porcelains often follow stereotyped shapes and patterns. But the two together go far in sustaining Japan's reputation as the cultural melting pot of the Orient. Through her love for simplicity and naturalness, Japan has contributed much to the world's ceramic art. The nation, however, owes a great debt to older cultures, as this attractive and authoritative book points out. Four great culture waves swept over Japan's little islands, deeply influencing her ceramic art. The first was that of the T'ang dynasty (618-907) and the Sung… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publication LTD, New Jersey and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York, 1976 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (3 volumes with dust jacket in slipcase). Top edges gilt.; 34 x 25.5 cm.; 8.3 Kg.; 1034 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackets and slipcase. Interior in very good condition.; Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is 793.; Among the arts of Japan, the colour print continues to exercise the strongest appeal to us in the West. The main reason for the present widespread and growing interest is the powerful design combined with the beauty of the colour harmonies of the prints. But there are also other reasons; they depict a Japan of the past now almost vanished, its culture, mores, annual events, legends and its history; and they also show the influence of the Japanese print on the evolution of modern Western art. In the last few years the most important event in the world of… Read More

Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., Japan, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Japanese and English text.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued) in slipcase with carton box.; 23 x 32 cm; 3.5 Kg; Colour illustrations throughout, each with caption in Japanese and English.; Used with signs of wear on the card box. Signs of wear on the hardcover cloth and slipcase. The characters on the spine of the slipcase spine and also on the spines of the hardcover cloth are faded. Interior in very good condition.; HARD TO FIND.; Two volume set comprising Color Section (217 pages) and Monochrome Section (238 pages).; With texts by the noted ceramic scholar Masahiko Kawahara, this two-volume publication illustrates a vast selection of Ko-sometsuke ('old blue and white') porcelain presented in 934 catalogue entries. A thorough introduction in Japanese and English outlines the most relevant features of this porcelain ware produced in China for the Japanese market during the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644),… Read More

Kyuryudo, Japan, 1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text; Hardcover (without dust jacket in slipcase); 29.5 x 30.5 cm; 1.890 Kg; 161 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. The slipcase shows edgewear. Signs of wear on the interior.; A catalogue of fine examples of those Chinese porcelain wares known as Ko-sometsuke or literally 'old blue and white', destined to the Japanese market. In 161 pages, the book comprises 33 colour plates and a number of black and white images throughout the rest of the book, along with explanatory articles and captions. Showing pieces with a variety of shapes and decorative themes, this catalogue is a reference book for those who are interested in this intriguing and distinctive group of blue and white tea ceremony porcelain wares produced at the kilns of Kigndezhen, Jiangxi, during the declining decades of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)..

Jorge Welsh Books, 2013 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover; 112 pages, 112 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 1 kg; May show signs of shelf wear. Exhibition catalogue; Ko-sometsuke ('old blue and white') porcelain was produced specifically for the Japanese market during the final decades of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The lack of Chinese imperial patronage during this period prompted the potters at the Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi province, to seek out new markets for their porcelain. This coincided with the rising popularity of the tea ceremony in Japan, which required a number of different utensils. Fulfilling the orders that followed from Japanese tea masters resulted in the flourishing of Chinese porcelain trade to Japan at this time. Ko-sometsuke wares were made to Japanese taste, in an astonishing variety of odd, asymmetrical and occasionally humorous forms. In contrast to the traditional blue and white wares produced at Jingdezhen, ko-sometsuke porcelain was… Read More

Cohen & Cohen, Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2008 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 25.5 x 32 cm; 2,409 kg; 303 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; This book covers the largest and most important collection of Chinese and Export figures currently existing in the world. Collected by James E. Sowell of Dallas, Texas, there are over 170 items including over 50 bird figures, a dozen dogs, and a unique pair of leopards possibly made for the Imperial Summer Palace. It includes a history of the European trade with Canton and contains an informative guide to the dating of many of these pieces, with many pictures of the bases of the figures. The book catalogues the James E. Sowell collection in detail, arraging the animals according to approximate zoological taxanomic groups and commenting on some of the scientific knowledge available at the time. Traditional theory says… Read More

Estilo Mexico Editores/Turner, 2005 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 327 pages with 193 colour illustrations; 25 x 32.3 cm ; 2.29 Kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; "Namban" is one of the first known Eastern terms for Westernization, and it describes a century of Japanese trade with Europe in the 1500s and 1600s, trade that influenced Japanese society and art a great deal until the nation, in response, sealed its borders. Japanese art showing Namban influence is well known; here the antiquarian and historian Rodrigo Rivero Lake uses the term to identify Japanese influence in not just Western art of the same era, but New World, Mexican art. Lake sketches the shared history of Asia and Viceregal Mexico (then a European colony), which face one another across the Pacific. He follows the travels of the Galeons of Manila and Nao of China from Asia to Acapulco, and the Japanese schools of painting and artistic techniques introduced in the process. Every… Read More