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The book of Urushi : Japanese lacquerware from a master
Author
松田権六, 1896-1986, author.
Uniform Title
Urushi no hanashi. English
うるしの話. English
Title
The book of Urushi : Japanese lacquerware from a master / Gonroku Matsuda ; supervised by Kazumi Murose ; translated by Michael Brase and Makiko Komada.
ISBN
9784866580609
4866580607
Edition
First [English] edition.
Publication
Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Originally published in Japanese under the title Urushi no hanashi by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, in 1964 and newly republished as an Iwanami Bunko in 2001. The present translation is based on the Bunko edition."--Title page verso.
Translated from the Japanese.
Summary
Urushi, Japanese lacquerware, is perhaps the oldest and most sublime of all the Japanese arts and crafts. Its history goes back more than 7,000 years and it is still vibrantly alive in the twenty-first century. It is practiced by craftsmen working in time-honored techniques and by modern artists forging the future. Valued for its utilitarian durability, Urushi developed into an incomparable art, adorning a objects from luxurious palaces, to lavish murals, to exquisitely crafted fountain pens. This book includes some fifty full-color illustrations of masterpieces honored by history and works by the author himself.--adapted from publisher's description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2019
Series
Japan library
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Murose Kazumi
Works of Matsuda Gonroku
Traditional masterpieces
Urushi and the art of Urushi. The history of Japanese Urushi ware ; The mysterious tree sap called Urushi ; The materials and methods used to coat Urushi ware ; Maki-e - decorating Urushi ware ; Raden, Hyōmon, and Chōshitsu - decorating Urushi ware ; Regional Urushi art around Japan
My sixty years with Urushi. My apprentice years ; My experience in repairing Lelang artifacts ; The genesis of the Maki-e fountain pen and its influence ; Modern architecture and Urushi decoration ; My experience in Urushi decoration for ship interiors ; Urushi today.
Subjects
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駒田牧子, translator.
室瀬和美, 1950- writer of foreword.
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