Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints
by Baten, Lea
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0834803445
- ISBN 13
- 9780834803442
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo and New York: Shufunotomo; Weatherhill, 1995. Cloth, 160 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "This unique book looks to Japanese woodblock prints for a record of the toys and games of old Japan. A visual feast, it presents over 170 colour illustrations of playthings, games, and pastimes, depicted both in photographs and in prints by such masters as Hokusai, Utamaro, and Kunisada. All printmakers are identified, and all toys and games are explained in informative short essays that shed light not only on the objects and activities but also on Japanese popular culture, history, and religion. With its wealth of visual and textual information, this is a delightful book to browse through as well as an important resource for collectors and students of Japanese art & life." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024402
- Title
- Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints
- Author
- Baten, Lea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0834803445
- ISBN 13
- 9780834803442
- Publisher
- Shufunotomo; Weatherhill
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo and New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Asian / Japanese; Media / Printmaking; Genre & Subject / Genre (Everyday Life);
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