takeo sato (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Unmarked, except for company stamp on front cover. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; Publication No. 1; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages DM5.

155 pages on glossy paper, photographically illustrated throughout; 8 p. of subject related advertisement, large green publisher's cardboard-strip tipped in opposite to the titlepage, smaller red one at the end. - Publisher's grey cloth-binding mit dark-brown title (Romaji) at spine and silver - resp. on-silver - embossed titles in Kanji and Romaji at frontpanel, in the publisher's stron cardboard-slipcase with mounted titled washi-obi and brown paperlabel printed in Japanese and English*; oblong-4to.(ca. 22 x 31 x 2 cm; ca. 1,2 kg.). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL WITH SLIPCASE; *) ''This book is exclusively devoted to depicting more than 200 tokonoma designed by the top 25 Japanese architects in the sukiya-style. Each design has its own significance and is valuable for reference purposes.''. - Slipcase slighty used, titlepage with shallow foxing; A VERY GOOD COPY. --- The 'Tokonoma' (or 'toko') is a recessed space in Japanese rooms, in which items for artistic appreciation (Ikebana, Bonsai, Hanging Scroll etc.) or religious (buddhist) devotion (candles, incense, vases etc.) are displayed.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 4. - 239pp - Color and B/w reproductions. Package design in Japan is unique. It unites traditional and modern aspects of design. The most significant creations of nine major avant-garde artists are presented in this work. First edition, text in English an French. Original boards. In Fine condition.