Author: Furudate, Mitsuomi
Title: Gashu Jokamachi Hagi
Description: Shimonoseki, Nishi Nihon Kyoiku Tosho, 1973. Orange paper-covered boards. 131 pp. Illus. with 51 color drawings with facing captions and 1 two-page color map. 4to. "Book of the Castle Town Hagi." A collection of evocative watercolor drawings by Mitsuomi Furudate of this medieval castle town, the birthplace of the Meiji Restoration, still filled with preserved 17th c. wooden samurai buildings, and the center for pastel-glazed ceramics, Hagi-yaki. Inscribed by Yoshijuro Kikuya, the then mayor, to Robert Shaplen, the long-time correspondent for the New Yorker magazine. Text in Japanese. A fine copy in an edgeworn dust jacket.
Keywords: Arts of Japan, , Asia, Japan, Arts of Japan, Japan, Japanese Art, Hagi, Japanese Architecture, Travel,
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Title: Gashu Jokamachi Hagi
Description: Shimonoseki, Nishi Nihon Kyoiku Tosho, 1973. Orange paper-covered boards. 131 pp. Illus. with 51 color drawings with facing captions and 1 two-page color map. 4to. "Book of the Castle Town Hagi." A collection of evocative watercolor drawings by Mitsuomi Furudate of this medieval castle town, the birthplace of the Meiji Restoration, still filled with preserved 17th c. wooden samurai buildings, and the center for pastel-glazed ceramics, Hagi-yaki. Inscribed by Yoshijuro Kikuya, the then mayor, to Robert Shaplen, the long-time correspondent for the New Yorker magazine. Text in Japanese. A fine copy in an edgeworn dust jacket.
Keywords: Arts of Japan, , Asia, Japan, Arts of Japan, Japan, Japanese Art, Hagi, Japanese Architecture, Travel,
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 32368
- Book number: 32368
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