Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes - Softcover

Dunn, Michael; Takeuchi, Jun'Ich; Ogawa, Morihiro; Van Assche, Annie M.; Larsen, Jack Lenor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810967421 ISBN 13: 9780810967427

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Synopsis

A Japan Society Publication

Japanese craftsmen, fusing a love of natural materials like wood, bamboo, and clay with an eye for bold, essential form, elevated the design of utilitarian objects to an art unparalleled elsewhere in the world. Today the finest of these objects created for daily use are hugely popular-and eminently collectible.

This richly illustrated book, which accompanies a major exhibition organized by the Japan Society, is divided by five aesthetic tastes. It presents a superb selection of objects of lacquer, ceramics, metalwork, basketry, and textiles-ranging from humble tools for farmers to spectacular arms and armor, and refined utensils associated with the tea ceremony. Craft lovers, collectors, artists, and designers will welcome this tribute to these highly influential Japanese crafts.
100 illustrations, 80 in full color, 200 pages, 91/2 x 12"

About this title

From the Publisher:

Exhibition Schedule: Japan Society Gallery, New York, Sept. 26, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002

About the Author:

Michael Dunn, guest curator of the related exhibition, is an expert on Japanese art.
Jun'ichiro Takeuchi is director of the University Art Museum of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Morihiro Ogawa is senior research associate, Department of Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Annie M. Van Assche is curator of education at the Japan Society Gallery, and a specialist in Japanese textiles.
Jack Lenor Larsen is a world-famous textile designer and collector, and author of Abrams' Jack Lenor Larsen: A Weaver's Memoir.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810967421
• ISBN 13: 9780810967427
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 179