Honami koetsu (3 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Oblong Quarto (29.5 cm wide x 26 cm high). 220 pages with numerous, stunning illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed, inscribed on the titlepage by Felice Fischer: "Best regards, Felice Fischer, Aug 8, 2000". Hon'ami Koetsu (1558 27 February 1637) was a Japanese calligrapher, craftsman, lacquerer, potter, landscape gardener, connoisseur of swords and a devotee of the tea ceremony. His works are generally considered to have inspired the founding of the Rinpa school of painting. Robert Hughes of Time Asia wrote that in Japan, Koetsu is "a national treasure several times over, about as famous there as Benvenuto Cellini is in the West", even though in the United States he is "scarcely known". (Wikipedia).…

22 x 22cm. Paperback, 142pp. Well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held at the Raku Museum in Kyoto from September 12 - November 26, 2006. Text in Japanese. Some English captions to the colour photographs of the antique ceramic bowls. Very good condition.