TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matsuda,Gonroku
AU  - Brase,Michael
AU  - Komada,Makiko
AU  - Murose,Kazumi
TI  - The book of urushi: Japanese lacquerware from a master = Urushi no hanashi 
T2  - Japan library
SN  - 9784866580609
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Tokyo, Japan
PB  - Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
KW  - Lacquer and lacquering
KW  - Japan
KW  - Lack
KW  - gnd
KW  - Kunsthandwerk
N1  - 'Originally published in Japanese under the title Urushi no hanashi by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, in 1964 and newly republished as an Iwanami Bunko in 2001. The present translation is based on the Bunko edition.'--Title page verso; Translated from the Japanese; Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241) and index; Part I. Urushi and the art of Urushi -- Part II. My sixty years with Urushi
N2  - 'Urushi, Japanese lacquerware, is perhaps the oldest and most sublime of all the Japanese arts and crafts. Its history goes back more than 7,000 years, and it is still vibrantly alive today. It is practiced by craftsmen working in time-honored techniques and by modern artists forging the future. Valued for its utilitarian durability, urushi developed into an incomparable art, adorning a multitude of objects from luxurious palaces to lavish murals and exquisitely crafted fountain pens. The present book, written more than fifty years ago by the Living National Treasure Matsuda Gonroku, has long been a must-read for collectors, researchers, and laypeople. It is the'bible' of urushi, covering every conceivable aspect of the subject. It includes some fifty full-color illustrations of masterpieces honored by history and masterworks by Matsuda himself'--
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