Netsuke Inro Artists Read (7 results)

4° Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. Original-Leineneinband, 28 x 22 cm, leichte Rand- und Rückenbräunung, Innenseiten mit minimaler altersbedingter Randbräunung, durchweg sauber, voll intakt. Akribische Darstellung der Künstlersignaturen des Netsuke und der dazugehörigen Objekte unterteilt in die Unterschiedlichen Sachgebiete. Unterschiedliche Auflistungen. Eines wenn nicht DAS umfangreichste Werk zu diesem Thema. Netsuke sind kleine geschnitzte Figuren aus Japan. Sie dienten als Gegengewicht bei der Befestigung eines Sagemono (hängendes Behältnis') wie z. B. eines Inro, einer flachen, kleinen, mehrteiligen Lackholzdose am Obi des taschenlosen Kimono. Zur Befestigung der Kordel finden sich an den meisten Netsuke zwei Schnurlöcher, welche Himotoshi genannt werden. Bevorzugtes Material waren ursprünglich Wurzelholz, Elfenbein, aber auch Wal- und Walrosszähne, Holz, insbesondere Buchsbaum, Bambus, Hirschhorn und weitere. Sie entstanden im ausgehenden 17. Jahrhundert mit dem Erstarken des Bürgertums und hielten sich bis in die 1880er Jahre, als der Kimono als Alltagskleidungsstück außer Gebrauch geriet. Als Kunstobjekte werden sie jedoch bis in die Gegenwart hergestellt. (Quelle: Wikipedia) Stichworte: Netsuke, Japanisches Kunsthandwerk, japanische Antiquitäten, Elfenbeinschnitzerei 839 S., weit über 1000 Abb. Englisch 3000g.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued - in slipcase); 23 x 29 cm; 5.63 Kg; 2 volumes with 1376 pages, with black and white images, except 22 colour pages on volume 1 with selected pieces from the collection of George & Verna Lazarnick.; Used books with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior of both volumes shows minor wear marks on the front and back cover, however both spines are faded and worn, the spine of volume 1 shows some damage near the lettering, with a few small chips throughout. Interior of both volumes with minor signs of wear, apart from volume one which shows the front free endpaper slightly glued to title page. The slipcase shows some wear marks, scuffs and scratches throughout with a small chip at the bottom. Good condition overall.; "The first logically organized approach to the problem of helping a collector identify an unknown signature was made in 1976 by Mr. Lazarnick when he wrote and assembled The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro and Ojime Artists in Photographs. This was a methodically planned reference work containing and extraordinary amount of detailed information on these artists presented in such a manner that even a neophyte collector could soon learn how to read signatures and identify artists. This present book, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures is an outgrowth of his first work but can only be compared in part since the information now included is far more comprehensive and better arranged, while the number of photographs reproduced is enormously greater. The material gathered by Mr. Lazarnick is staggering in its volume. For example he reproduces five and one-half times as many kahihan as the one hundred in Joly's Behrens Collections. He photographed netsuke, inro and their signatures and collected information from 23 museums, countless collectors, dealers and auction houses, and extracted material from just about all of the books on the subject in several languages including Japanese." excerpt from the foreword by C.V.S. Roosevelt, Washington D.C., 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, 1982. ISBN is given as 091706402X. Printed in Hong Kong. Approx. 11.5 x 8.75 inches. Note: this is the cloth-bound edition, not the deluxe leather-bound edition. Gray buckram linen-like hardboards, with crisp black-stamped lettering and embossing all around. Unbumped spine head and tail, and sharp corners. Exceptionally clean bindings. Text blocks firmly bound in and quite tight. Lovely patterned endpapers/FEPs in a design suggestive of a map of Japan and its provinces. Vol. I with 840 numbered pages, Vol. II with 841-1376 numbered pages, all on coated stock. Both volumes with countless duotone photo images of various works of netsuke and inro and their signatures, as detailed below. The first volume also with 24 pages of full color plates exhibiting items from the collection of Verna and George Lazarnick. Immensely clean interiors. Both volumes with custom-fitted transparent plastic protective covers. Also included is the publisher's folding-paper pamphlet of instructions and promotions, the pamphlet in unblemished condition. A Near Fine set of two volumes. Either unread or very gently read. Scarce in any condition. It seems unlikely that a set exists in finer condition. 12 lbs. 7 oz. This two volume work was without doubt the most comprehensive, extremely well researched, study of its subject to be published by 1982. It will probably remain unsurpassed for all time. Included are 3839 photographs of subjects, 3946 photographs of signatures and inscriptions, and include the work of 2112 artists, many of whom are recorded here for the first time. In addition, 1151 characters are shown in their kaisho (printed) form, their sosho and gyosho (cursive) equivalents, with their readings and, where relevant, their meanings. With these are 5988 photographs of the same characters as they were formed by the artists themselves.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued); 23 x 29 cm; 5.63 Kg; 2 volumes with 1376 pages, with black and white images, except 22 colour pages on volume 1 with selected pieces from the collection of George & Verna Lazarnick.; Used books with minor signs of wear, namely minor yellowing on the outside text block of volume I. Interior of both volumes with minor signs of wear. Both volumes are protected with clearcovers. Minor wear signs on the rear of the clearcovers. Very good condition overall.; "The first logically organized approach to the problem of helping a collector identify an unknown signature was made in 1976 by Mr. Lazarnick when he wrote and assembled The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro and Ojime Artists in Photographs. This was a methodically planned reference work containing and extraordinary amount of detailed information on these artists presented in such a manner that even a neophyte collector could soon learn how to read signatures and identify artists. This present book, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures is an outgrowth of his first work but can only be compared in part since the information now included is far more comprehensive and better arranged, while the number of photographs reproduced is enormously greater. The material gathered by Mr. Lazarnick is staggering in its volume. For example he reproduces five and one-half times as many kahihan as the one hundred in Joly's Behrens Collections. He photographed netsuke, inro and their signatures and collected information from 23 museums, countless collectors, dealers and auction houses, and extracted material from just about all of the books on the subject in several languages including Japanese." excerpt from the foreword by C.V.S. Roosevelt, Washington D.C., 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Complete 2-Volume Set; Hardcover with Jacket; Light overall wear to the covers of both volumes with slight sun-fading to the spines; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Gray cloth covers with titles in black lettering; 1981, Reed Publishers of Honolulu; 1373 pages; "Netsue & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures," by George Lazarnick.

Condition: Very Good. 0917064038 Very Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Includes the orignial, transparent dust jacket, which is moderately shelfworn with a couple of minor tape repairs to the edges; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Heavy (5.0 lbs); Gray cloth covers with title in black lettering; 1982, Reed Publishers; 840 pages; "Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read their Signatures, Volume I," by George Lazarnick.

Honolulu: Reed Publishers, (1981-1982). 4to. Original cloth. Profusely illustrated in both colour and black and white. Light foxing on end-papers, otherwise a near fine set.