The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro, and Ojime Artists in Photographs

Lazarnick, George; Davey, Neil K. (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 0917064011 / ISBN 13: 9780917064012

Published by Reed Publishers, Honolulu, HI, 1976

About this Item

355 pp. 4to. White cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine with light scuffing to both. Clean within. No dust jacket, as issued. The first 500 copies of this publication were numbered, this being #394. Inscribed on the verso of the dedicaiton page by the author.

Seller Inventory # 31434

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro, and Ojime Artists in Photographs
• Publisher: Reed Publishers, Honolulu, HI
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0917064011
• ISBN 13: 9780917064012
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fashion & Costume
  • Japan
  • Decorative Arts

About this title

Synopsis

"A listing of all characters that occur in the signatures and inscriptions in this book, together with the readings and meanings that apply; printed Japanese characters with photographic reproductions of the characters as rendered by artists in their signatures and inscriptions; photographic reproductions of signatures and inscriptions together with brief biological notes in the case where the artist is recorded; how to photograph netsuke, inro, ojime, signatures and inscriptions; glossary of terms"; etc.. (RL)