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Netsuke : Japanese life and legend in miniature / Edwin C. Symmes ; with a foreword by Prince Norihito of Takamado.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Symmes, Edwin C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Netsukes.
- Figurines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st paperback ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Rutland VT ; Tokyo, Japan : Charles E. Tuttle, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature presents over seventy full-page color photographs of netsuke in enchanting settings. The accompanying text gives technical details about the netsuke as well as interesting commentaries relating the pieces to Japanese life and legend. Information on the carvers has also been provided whenever possible.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; A Guide to the Pronotuiciation of Japanese; Introduction; Notes on Netsuke Carving; Notes on Netsuke Photography; Notes on Netsuke Collecting; Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature; Selected Bibliography; Glossary-Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4629-1138-2
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