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Japanese Art Signatures |
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| Author |
James Self & Nobuko Hirose | |
| Description |
ISBN: 1-891640-09-7X |
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Content |
This is the most comprehensive authoritative and easy-to-use tool for reading japanese art signatures available. Its simplified approach allows users to find and identify over 11.000 names of japanese artists and crafts people from all periods and in all media. The work includes a section on reading dates, a list of 300 modified and debased characters, an index of provinces and places names, plus reproductions of date and censor seals on wood block prints publishers' trademarks and seals and actor's and Geni mon. The handbook is an indispensble tool for all students, scholars collectors and connoisseurs of Japanese Art. | |
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Comments |
Interesting for the collector of Swords, Netsuke and Ukiyoe and for the general information on Kanji. Unfortunately no information on potters names. |
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| Price |
New 38 $ |
