Author: Tokugawa, Yoshinobu; Okochi, Sadao.
Title: The Tokugawa Collection: No Robes and Masks.
Description: (New York): Japan Society, (1977). (1977). - Small folio [14-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide], white boards with a device in silver on the front cover in a decorative red & gilt dust wrapper. The book is housed in a cardboard slipcase with a printed label mounted around its spine & both panels. The top edge of the slipcase is damaged & has been partially repaired with tape. 278 pages. Profuse full-page illustrations in color and black & white. The top corners of the pages in the rear third of the book are lightly bumped. Very good.

Catalog for an exhibition organized by Japan House and shown at the Japan House Gallery in the summer of 1977. The exhibition was also shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. The catalog was translated and adapted by Louise Allison Cort and Monica Bethe.

The Tokugawa Collection of No robes and masks was begun by the first lord of Owari, Yoshino Tokugawa [1600-1650] and was developed by his family, who were the virtual rulers of Japan until 1868. During this period, the collection became the largest private collection of Japanese treasures in the world, the No treasures being of particular importance.

Laid in is a folding, illustrated brochure about the collection. Very good .

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; JAPANESE THEATRE; DECORATIVE ARTS; NO DRAMA; MASKS; ROBES; TEXTILES; PRIVATE COLLECTION; YOSHINO TOKUGAWA; THE TOKUGAWA COLLECTION: NO ROBES AND MASKS; OKOCHI SADAO; TOKUGAWA YOSHINOBU; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; EXHIBITION; JAPAN HOUSE, NEW Y

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