Author: TAKAGI, TEIJIRO (Photogr. & Publ.) [TAMAMURA, KÍZABURÍ]:
Title: [POTTERY MAKING]. The Transformation of Mother Earth from Nature to Art. Kobe, T. Takagi, 1907.
Description: . Oblong 8vo. Colour-printed title leaf, introduction, Japanese colophon and 16 hand-coloured collotype photos, printed on one side only, protected by tissue guards. Captions in English. With an ink stamp reading "T. Takagi" printed over Tamamura's name on the colophon. Original silk covered boards, silk ties, lightly rubbed.Interesting album devoted to the process of making porcelain in Japan. The lovely photos show the various stages in processing the clay, including processes such as kneading, filtering and shaping the clay, and further depict the process of painting, coating and enamelling the wares. Teijiro Takagi, prolific photographer who bought K›zabur› Tamamura's branch studio in Kobe in 1904. He produced hand-coloured lantern slides and collotype albums, mainly for tourists. Ref. Bennett: "Old Japanese Photographers and Collections Data Guide" (2006), p. 292.

Keywords: East Asia, japanese, japon, japan, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, pottery, illustrated, porcelain, ceramics, art, handicraft


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