Watanabe Kenzo Editor (2 results)
- Hardcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 239 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
'TOKONOMA TAIKAN': ALCOVE, CEILING AND GARDEN.
NAKAMURA, Katsuya (Editor) / Antonin Raymond (Essay) / Mitsuya Fukunaga; Chohji Inaba; Koichi Ishima; Takamitsu Itoh; Akio Kakurei; Kume Architects Engineers; Takayuki Mizuma; Masachika Murata; Ken Nakajima; Toh-ichi Nakamura; Takeshi Nishikawa; Tetsuro Okada; Kenzo Ogata; Takeo Sato; Kanto Shigemori; Hajime Shimizu; S. Soshiroda; Shuzoh Takada; Yasuyoshi Watanabe; Iwao Yamawaki; Hideo Yanagi; Isoya Yoshida; Iwaki Zouyen (Architects, Designers):
Published by Tokyo, Johnan Shoin, Japan, 1966., 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, GermanyC O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany .
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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.
