Author: Lippit, Yukio
Title: S Tatsu
Description: Washington (DC), Freer Gallery of Art / Sackler Gallery / Smithsonian Institution, 2015. Hardcover. Tan clothbound book with the title in debossed lettering down the spine. Color-illustrated dust jacket with the title in white lettering down a mostly yellow spine. The free and pasted end pages are illustrated. Pages: (6), 1-345. Profusely illustrated with colr images. S tatsu (active circa 1600-40, master of the Tawaraya studio, produced folding fans to great acclaim. In a sense, the fan was the tool that formed his aesthetic sensibilities. Today, he is best known for his exquisite folding screens, including the Freer Gallery's Waves at Matsushima and the "Floating Fans" screens, housed in Japan's imperial collections. VG+: Exlibrary book; sticker at the base of the spine on the mylar jacket; stamp on the title page; stamp, sticker, and due date card on the back pasted end page .

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