Collecting Japanese Antiques - Hardcover

Seton, Alistair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804820945 ISBN 13: 9780804820943

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Collecting Japanese Antiques shows what makes Japanese aesthetics so different from other countries. Antique hunters will benefit from the practical and cautionary advice in this book; newcomers will appreciate information on the basics of collecting; while other sections might reawaken interest in experienced collectors. Striking photographs highlight the beauty and craftsmanship of items such as solid wood chests and elegant prints and ceramics. A glossary explains antique-related Japanese terms.

About this title

About the Author:

Alistair Seton graduated from Oxford University and Aberdeen College of Education, and spent five years in Arab and West African countries before coming to Japan in 1972. Since then, he has taught at various universities and was a guest lecurer for eight years at Kobe University. He is a professor at Tezukayama Gakuin University. In 1993, he founded and still edits Daruma, a quarterly magazine on Japanese antiques and art. He lives in Kobe with his university professor wife and their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0804820945
• ISBN 13: 9780804820943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304