Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) is Japan's most famous ceramic artist, and his work has had a far-reaching influence on the art of pottery, not only in Japan but, through Bernard Leach and his followers, the West as well. With his brother, the painter Korin, Kenzan was a member of the cultivated elite circle that transformed the world of Japanese design from the taste of a courtly few to a popular movement embracing every social class and encompassing all of the arts and crafts. Richard Wilson illuminates Kenzan's life and work ...
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Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) is Japan's most famous ceramic artist, and his work has had a far-reaching influence on the art of pottery, not only in Japan but, through Bernard Leach and his followers, the West as well. With his brother, the painter Korin, Kenzan was a member of the cultivated elite circle that transformed the world of Japanese design from the taste of a courtly few to a popular movement embracing every social class and encompassing all of the arts and crafts. Richard Wilson illuminates Kenzan's life and work simultaneously, tracing the phases of Kenzan's artistic and commercial development, their relationship to Japanese culture, and their bearing on the issues of authenticity and connoisseurship in Japanese art.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x7x0; Crisp, unread, unmarked copy. Text and images unmarked. The binding is tight, corners sharp. The dust jacket shows some light handling, now in a Mylar cover. There is a small tear in the gutter of the spine on the front cover.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0834802406. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good (some dampstaining on verso) dust jacket.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. First edition, 1991. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, illustrated (some in color), 271 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, previous owner's name-sticker on the front flyleaf, minor edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. Book 271 pp., many illustrations 16 in full color. First edition. Foreword by Yamane Yuzo, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University. Includes annotated chronology, bibliography, and index. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Magenta cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket Near Fine with light surface rubbing, nearly as issued, now in mylar. Stated 1st ed. 272 pp., illus.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. New York: Weatherhill, 1991. Stated first edition, 1991. Brick red cloth with dustjacket. About fine condition with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings, mylar protected dustjacket also near fine with no chips or tears. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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VG/VG, may have bookplate on ffep from former owner. Maroon cloth with gold lettering; black pictorial dj with white lettering; 168 pp. with 440 illustrations, including 16 in color; several diagrams; . The story of Kenzan's life and work offers a fascinating view of the relations between art and craft, art and commerce, and art and collecting in Japan.
