Author: TOLLNER, MADELINE R.
Title: Netsuke the Life and Legend of Japan in Miniature
Description: San Francisco, CA: Fearon Publishers, Inc, 1960. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears and nicks, along with some light wrinkling and beginning fading. There is one scratched tear to the rear cover (approx. 1" long). "Netsuke are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). In English the word may be italicized or not, with American English tending to favour the former and British English the latter. Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosode and kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines. Their solution was to place such objects in containers (called sagemono) hung by cords from the robes' sashes (obi). The containers may have been pouches or small woven baskets, but the most popular were beautifully crafted boxes (inro) , which were held shut by ojime, which were sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener that secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Art Madeline R. Tollner Netsuke Woodworking Japan Japanese Art
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Title: Netsuke the Life and Legend of Japan in Miniature
Description: San Francisco, CA: Fearon Publishers, Inc, 1960. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears and nicks, along with some light wrinkling and beginning fading. There is one scratched tear to the rear cover (approx. 1" long). "Netsuke are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). In English the word may be italicized or not, with American English tending to favour the former and British English the latter. Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosode and kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines. Their solution was to place such objects in containers (called sagemono) hung by cords from the robes' sashes (obi). The containers may have been pouches or small woven baskets, but the most popular were beautifully crafted boxes (inro) , which were held shut by ojime, which were sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener that secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Art Madeline R. Tollner Netsuke Woodworking Japan Japanese Art
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42097
- Book number: 42097
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