Iwami Collection (20 results)

Colour photographic illustrations. Card brochure folded in three, measuring 29 x 21cm; measures 61 x 29cm fully unfolded. An elegant brochure showcasing a collection of netsuke.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Grey hardcover cloth with gold lettering on the spine. White, textured endpapers. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Back cover has title information written in Japanese; title page is in English and Japanese. Lavishly illustrated with 220 color photographs of these utterly fascinating, uniquely Japanese art forms. Sections are: Foreword; Netsuke--An International Art; Map of Japan; Catalogue; Signatures; bibliography; Index of Artists. Very oversized, 5#. ; Color Photographs; Folio, 8 3/4 x 13; 304 pages; DJ has light rubbing; in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Grey hardcover cloth with gold lettering on the spine. White, textured endpapers. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Back cover has title information written in Japanese; title page is in English and Japanese. Lavishly illustrated with 220 color photographs of these utterly fascinating, uniquely Japanese art forms. Sections are: Foreword; Netsuke--An International Art; Map of Japan; Catalogue; Signatures; bibliography; Index of Artists. Very oversized, 5#. ; Color Photographs; Folio, 8 3/4 x 13; 304 pages; DJ has light rubbing; in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Both dust jacket and book itself are pristine and like new. Large folio size (13 x 9 inch) coffee table size book. First Edition. (BR) Box 124.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Grey cloth with gold spine titles, very good. Spine cocked forward slightly. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar. Pages bright and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Catalogue of a distinguished netsuke collection, 220 items described at length and illustrated in colour. This copy little used.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No marks. With DJ. Minimal use.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Engliish text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 23 x 32.5 cm.; 2.1 kg.; 304 pages with colour illustrations, 220 catalogue entries. Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows edge wear, wear marks, scuffs and scratches throughout. The outside text block shows signs of wear. Edges slightly bumped and turning inwards. Interior with signs of wear. Good condition overall.; Catalogue from an exhibition of Non-Iwami Netsuke from the collection of Robert S. Huthart Collection.; "I am immensely proud to have been allowed the opportunity of acquiring the Non-Iwami Netsuke Collection of Robert (Bob) S. Huthart, offered for sale in this catalogue. Bob's collection is unquestionably one of the greatest assembled since the last war, and is the most important to have come onto the market since the M.T. Hindson collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in the late 60s and early 70s. It contains no fewer than fourteen pieces by Masanao of Kyoto, eighteen by Toyomasa of Tamba, and eleven by Masatsugu of Osaka, as well as one of the most pleasing pieces carved by Tomotada, the famous cat with captured rat (catalogue number 91), and wonderful unsigned pieces, many from some of the most renowned collections assembled earlier this century. The collection represents pieces from most of the great masters from each of the most important netsuke regions, and Bob's unerring eye has ensured that these are some of the best carvings from these masters. Examples of this are the six quite superb representations from Sukenaga of Hida, the four from Ikkan of Nagoya, and the seven from Tomokazu of Gifu." excerpt from the foreword by Barry Davies, 3 May 1998.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Grey hardcover cloth with gold lettering on the spine. White, textured endpapers. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Back cover has title information written in Japanese; title page is in English and Japanese. Lavishly illustrated with 220 color photographs of these utterly fascinating, uniquely Japanese art forms. Sections are: Foreword; Netsuke--An International Art; Map of Japan; Catalogue; Signatures; bibliography; Index of Artists. Very oversized, 5#. ; Color Photographs; Folio, 8 3/4 x 13; 304 pages; DJ has light rubbing; in a mylar cover.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 467 pages Size: B6 Number of books: 1 book.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 467p Size: 23cm.

Cloth. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 33x23cm, 304 pp. Colour plates throughout. // A fine catalogue showing the superb collection of non-Iwami netsuke assembled by Robert Huthart. Includes 14 pieces by Masanao of Kyoto, 18 by Toyomasa of Tamba and 11 by Masatsugu of Osaka, plus many other pleasing objects.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket in slipcase - 2 VOLUMES).; 24 x 31.5 cm; 3.1 kg.; 408 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The slipcase shows edge wear and wear marks throughout, has a small bump at the bottom right side and his slightly faded on the top left side. The dust jacket of volume I is slightly loose and has minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The dust jacket of volume II has edge wear and minor scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover, and a few wrinkle/wear marks at the middle of the back cover, also seem at the rear (only if the dust jacket is removed). The bottom of the spine of volume II has a bump. The interior of both volumes is in good condition with minor signs of wear.; This is the first major publication devoted to netsuke (carved toggles) produced in and around the remote province of Iwami in the west of Honshu, Japan's main island. Isolated from the major economic and cultural centres of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japan, the Iwami netsuke artists developed a unique style of carving, working in unusual materials such as boar's tusk, killer-whale tooth and umimatsu (a form of fossilised coral), and drawing their subject-matter from some of the humblest denizens of the natural world around them, including centipedes, cicadas, crabs, frogs, toads and tortoises. Robert S. Huthart's collection of Iwami netsuke, the largest anywhere in the world, includes more than 360 examples and is particularly rich in signed pieces by the five most famous Iwami carvers: Tomiharu (the founder of the Iwami style), his daughter Bunsho, her nephew Gansui, the independent artist Kanman, and Goho, who was active in the neighbouring province of Aki. The catalogue includes at least one colour reproduction of each piece alongside a detailed description and information about subject-matter and provenance. Particular care has been taken over the long signatures that are a distinguishing feature of Iwami netsuke, especially those by Tomiharu: each is transcribed, transliterated and accurately translated for the very first time. A historical introduction outlines the cultural background of Iwami carving and summarises the available information about the better-known artists, while a series of indices at the end of the catalogue enables the reader to trace individual netsuke by artist, subject, date and collection.

Profuse colour and black and white photographic plates, 116pp. Text in Japanese. 29.5 x 22.5cm. A very good paperback in dustjacket. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet, with their bookplate on the front endpaper and a label indicating the collection number on the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good.

circa 32.8 x 22,5 cm. 304 pp., with many illustrations Original cloth wth dust-jacket Catalogue to the exhibition, describes 220 items. - Fine, clean.

fester Einband. 304 S., überaus zahlr. Abb. Lit.verz. Reg. 4° Ln.mS. *beschreibt 220 Objekte* *nahezu neuwertig*. Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 9.

Condition: Fine. Title: Iwami Furusawa Sketch Collection Nude Woman 101 Lambskin Special Quantity 200 No. 122 Author: Iwami Furusawa Quality: Perfect Publication Time: 1973 Edition: Hardcover Publisher: Toyo Shinpan.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 2 vols. in cloth covered slip case. 369 netsuke and other objects, fully described and well illustrated, mostly larger than actual size. Scarce, invaluable and beautifully presented. The definitive work on this idiosyncratic school of netsuke carving. As the entire run was stored in a humid warehouse, almost all copies have foxing to the end papers.