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Traditional Arts And Crafts Of Japan
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Author: Christopher Dresser
Pages: 465
Cover: Softbound
Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"
Item #: BK1183
Price: $16.95
This book is one of the finest and most authoritative works of its kind on Japanese arts and crafts. It relates in fascinating detail many aspects of Japanese life: Japanese dancing girls, hara-kiri, Mikado's antiquities, the tea-drinking ceremony, vegetation, the splendor of the shrines and scenery, etc., with over 200 exquisite illustrations enhancing the compelling text. Readers will find themselves immersed as they are taken through a tour of many great centers of traditional Japanese culture - Yokohoma, Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka - as seen through the eyes of author Christopher Dresser who traveled at length 19th century Japan. This beautiful work will provide hours of enjoyable reading.
Pages: 465
Cover: Softbound
Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"
Item #: BK1183
Price: $16.95
This book is one of the finest and most authoritative works of its kind on Japanese arts and crafts. It relates in fascinating detail many aspects of Japanese life: Japanese dancing girls, hara-kiri, Mikado's antiquities, the tea-drinking ceremony, vegetation, the splendor of the shrines and scenery, etc., with over 200 exquisite illustrations enhancing the compelling text. Readers will find themselves immersed as they are taken through a tour of many great centers of traditional Japanese culture - Yokohoma, Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka - as seen through the eyes of author Christopher Dresser who traveled at length 19th century Japan. This beautiful work will provide hours of enjoyable reading.
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