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[Leiden, 2009, SFJS]. #88. Stiff pictorial color wrs., 63p., like NEW, UNSED,bright, clean & solid, color & b. w. photos, 21 x 28 cm. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . . "ANDON" SHEDDING LIGHT ON JAPANESE ART A Journal . . . "ANDON" MEANS CANDLE LIT LANTERN IN JAPANESE . . * This run has many color & b.w. photos, contains some 46 issues in all, each in the original covers, tight, bright issues. . The journal is issued bi-annually i.e. 2 issues per year. . *** Covers a wide range of subjects, focus on Japanese woodblock prints, woodblock printed books, albums, Netsuke, collectors, Surimono, signatures & the folklore, customs, erotic themes found in these objects. Including also paintings, tobacco related such as Kiseru pipes, Inro, Netsuke, Ojime, Okimono, Ivories, carvingx, and ceramics, Japanese wooden & lacquered furniture, boxes, eating plates, erotic prints & E-hon, fans, scrolls, maps & et al. related subjects. . *** With scholarly article contributions, as well as those of collectors. Fine reference for collectors & students alike. "ANDON" is the Bulletin of the Society for Japanese Arts & Crafts. . Articles address all aspects of Japanese Woodblock print & illustrated books, artists, subjects, women, erotica, portraits, historical subjects, Surimono, series, lacquer, Inro & related items. Most all articles are nicely illustrated in color and or b.w. photographs. . New book reviews are also a feature. . Adverts of various dealers. . *** ADVISORS: Prof. Dr. Willem R. van Gulik, Prof. Dr. Matthi Forrer, et al. . The editorial staff is found inside the first page. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: This journal is bound in the original publisher's stiff colored & pictorial wrappers. These are like NEW, UNUSED, excellent condition. . The bindings are clean, solid and firm. The contents are pristine, bright without issue. . Far better than the average used example. . *.
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