Author: JUDGE, THOMAS F.
Title: Edo Craftsmen Master Artisans of Old Tokyo
Description: New York: Weatherhill, Inc, 1994. Hardcover. ISBN: 0834802805. Illustrated by Tomita Hiroyuki. Hard cover is grey with darker grey blind stamped title on spine. End papers are textured, greyish color. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Extensively illustrated with over 200 duotone pictures. Covers print maker; carvers; tailors; brush maker; calligrapher; lacquerware maker; screen maker; household shrine maker; cabinet maker; temple carpenter; glossary; bibliography. "In the narrow streets of the old section of modern Tokyo are workshops where crafts are still laboriously fashioned in the traditional manner: applying to the finest materials skills derived from the experience of generations...introduces 12 'shokunin', master artisans whose craft heritage has survived..." ; B&W Photographs; 0.7 x 11.1 x 8.7 Inches; 142 pages; Hard cover has very light bumping. DJ has slight bumping, rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0834802805 Japanese Art; Japanese Culture; Artisans; Cultural History; Artists; Oriental Art; Japanese History; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural History; Cultural History Education Art Orient/Asia Furniture/Interiors/Decorating Biography/Memoirs/Journals A