HOAG, KATHERINE

Exploring Mysterious Kathmandu

Avalok, Publishers and Distributors, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1978, 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Book, English text; Paperback; 14 x 22 cm; 0.2 Kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely a chip on the right side of one page (not affecting the text), a price sticker glued to the front free endpaper and a small stain on the rear of the front cover and on the front free endpaper. Good condition overall.; 2nd edition of 5000 copies; The author, an American from Berkeley, California, began traveling in Europe at an early age. When she was twenty she took a six month trip around the world which started her interest in the Orient. This was augmented by much reading during the years when her children were growing up and she could not travel. She first visited Nepal in 1956 an at once fell in love with the people and the scenery. She has returned to Nepal several times over the years, on one visit spending a year as a volunteer at Shanta Bhawan Hospital. On these visits she found that visitors sometimes left Kathmandu without any real understanding of Nepali culture and without seeing some of the most beautiful works of art because they could find no adequate guidebook. Finally, she decided to write the book herself. By following the book tourists can enjoy a little, the life and customs of the people, learn some of their legends and beliefs, and visit outstanding ancient and modern works of art. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 879B

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: nepal,kathmandu,travel guide Generic Books

HOBSON, R.L.

The Wares of the Ming Dynasty

Benn Brothers Limited, London. 1923, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, English text; Hardcover (brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gold motifs on the front cover); 23.7 x 29 cm; 2.219 Kg; 240 pages with 128 illustrations of which 11 are in colour. All tissue guarded.; Limited edition of 1500 copies of which this is 365. Includes bookplate of Hilda Wynnefred Fitzwilliams Greatford; Edgeworn. Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. The spine has a small crack. The interior is in good condition with minor signs of wear. Hinges cracked. Hardcover cloth now protected with a clearcover.; First monograph on Ming wares.; "The purpose of this book is to explain and illustrate as many varieties of Ming as possible. The text is based primarily on information obtained from Chinese sources and the occasional notes made by Europeans who visited China in the Ming period. To this must be added the deductions which can be made from the study of well-authenticated specimens, and, of course, the valuable work enshrined in the books which are mentioned in the bibliography. The first twelve chapters are occupied almost exclusively by the porcelain of Ching-tê Chên; the next four by the porcelain and pottery made at other centres. For the convenience of printing, all the Chinese characters have been collected together in the final chapter, to which reference is made in each case." excerpt from the preface by R.L. Hobson, January 1923. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 170ABE

Catalogue: Chinese Ceramics

Keywords: china,porcelain,ceramics,reference,ming dynasty Chinese Art Asian Art

HOLGATE, DAVID

New Hall and Its Imitators

Faber and Faber Limited, London. 1971, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0571084729). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 16.5 x 25.5 cm; 0.694 Kg; 112 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations.; Used book in very good condition. Minor signs of wear on the exterior. The rear of the front cover dust jacket is price clipped.The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Although New Hall porcelain began to be appreciated for its artistic qualities some years ago, and in consequence eagerly collected, there is still confusion about what is and what is not New Hall. The fact that existing studies of it are either very brief or else out of date has not helped. By persistent observation, comparison and documentary research, Mr. Holgate has finally succeeded in establishing the shapes and decoration of genuine New Hall and the way it developed between 1781 and 1835; and he has reconstructed much of the New Hall pattern book. His comprehensive and discriminating study sets out in detail the whole range of the factory's wares. He has put us doubly in his debt by discussing a number of other factories that produced wares which often been mistaken for New Hall. Of special historical interest is New Hall's initial concentration on 'hard-paste' porcelain, so rare in England, and the evolution in its styles of decoration from elegance and simplicity to flamboyance and extravagance. Mr. Holgate has rendered a great service by clarifying this involved - and intriguing - chapter in the history of English porcelain making. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 440B

Catalogue: European Ceramics

Keywords: 0571084729 porcelain,decoration,english porcelain

HONEY, WILLIAM BOWYER

The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East

Faber and Faber Limited, London. 1954, 4th Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 20.5 x 26 cm; 1.365 Kg; 238 pages plus appendix with 192 plates from China, Indo-China, Corea and Japan (monochrome reproductions and 3 plates in colour). Fourth impression.; Ex-library with signs of wear. Library stamp on the rear of the front cover. Tears and wear marks on the dust jacket, that is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in good condition, with minor signs of wear.; This finely illustrated book is the first full general survey of the whole field of Chinese ceramics since R.L. Hobson's two-volume work published in 1915. It is primarily concerned with the art of the potter, and historical and archaeological matters are touched upon only so far as they concern the special interests of the connoisseur. The Chinese have always shown a particular regard for pottery, and this book is an anthology of some of their most beautiful productions, explaining their historical sequence and the varying ideals shown in this characteristic branch of Chinese art. It covers, moreover, the important related wares of Corea, Japan and Indo-China, reviewing their special artistic achievements in a broad way hardly attempted before. It is a general account, written in a lucid style and intelligible to the ordinary reader, but it also includes a discussion of controversial questions, such as the origin of glazed stoneware and porcelain, and the identification of the classical Sung and early Ming wares, with references to all the existing and most recent literature. Chapters on marks, forgeries, shapes, and the subjects of the decoration are added in appendices. "An authoritative work that will find a place in all ceramic libraries for many years to come, and an exhilarating one for collectors as well as an inspiration for all directly concerned with pottery making. The book is a work of art that will be appreciated by all creative artists." excerpt from the review by Studio. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 485B

Catalogue: Chinese Ceramics

Keywords: china,chinese pottery,tang period,sung period,ming period,ch'ing period,indo-china,corea,japan Chinese Art

HONEY, W.B. (AUTHOR); BARRET, FRANKLIN A. (REVISED BY); CHARLESTON, R.J. (FOREWORD)

Old English Porcelain: A Handbook for Collectors

Faber and Faber Limited, London. 1979, 3rd Edition. (ISBN: 0571049028). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 15 x 22.5 cm; 0.8 Kg; 440 pages. with illustrations throughout; Used book with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket showns signs of wear namely some scuffs mainly on the back cover. The interior is in very good condition.; W.B. Honey's famous book remains the standard general guide to English porcelain between 1745 and 1850. Much information has come to light from many different sources since the second edition appeared, and the third edition revised by Franklin Barrett has been eagerly awaited. The text, references, bibliography ad captions have been systematically expanded or modified where necessary to bring the book completely up to date and make it as useful and comprehensive as possible. Sixty-two new black-and-white plates and four colour plates have been added, so that the reader now has over 400 carefully chosen and typical specimens of porcelain to refer to. The new layout of the illustrations, which appear on right-hand pages only, will greatly help those wanting to use the book for quick reference. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 585B

Catalogue: European Ceramics

Keywords: 0571049028 porcelain,english,history

HOWARD, DAVID SANCTUARY

Chinese Armorial Porcelain: Volume II

Heirloom & Howard Limited, England. 2003, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0954438914). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover leather bound in red morocco with dust jacket in slipcase (LIMITED EDITION of 200 COPIES); 23.5 x 30.3 cm; 4.316 Kg; 904 pages with 1,880 colour illustrations, 1,500 armorial services described; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; Foreword by Peter Ll. Gwynn-Jones, CVO, Garter Principal King of Arms.; In 1974 Faber & Faber published Chinese Armorial Porcelain which has remained the most comprehensive book on the subject. At that time David Howard did not anticipate the need for a second volume; however, continued research has resulted in this book which illustrates 1,380 services not illustrated in Volume I, in addition to the 160 services which formed the addendum to that volume. The material in Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II is almost entirely additional to the first volume, containing a new introduction and four new chapters on aspects of the China Trade. All the appendices are revised and extended and the index of mottoes and index of services cover both volumes (the later containing an alphabetical list of over 4,000 services - more than 3,320 illustrated and 680 unillustrated - all made for the British or American market). This is an essential companion for those who own the first volume but this book certainly stands on its own and, as Garter King of Arms writes in the foreword, 'is an astounding work - destined to be a major reference source in the future'. While the book relies heavily on the evidence of armorials and their ability to date, sometimes to the exact year, when a service was made, it also throws extra light on to the whole China Trade which was an integral part of the commercial success of the 18th Century Britain. The details of captains and supercargoes and the record of the sheer volume of trade which attended the growth of the largest company the world has ever known - the Honourable East India Company - provide a reliable and accurate backdrop to many other events in the 18th Century. This also enables researchers to use the evidence of heraldry and the 1,980 illustrations (all but 100 in colour) to date many stylistic changes of porcelain in a way which, because of the lack Chinese records of the export trade, would not otherwise be possible. Publication of the first volume led to a reassessment of the scale of this specialist porcelain trade which was handled, almost exclusively, by private traders working with framework of the East India Company. Details of what these merchants purchased are not recorded in the India Office Library and it is only possible to gauge their influence on trade and decorative etiquette in Europe by studying what they brought home - some 12,000 miles by sea - at a time when travel was far less certain than it is today. The chapters in this book explain not only the natural but also the political risks of trading in the 18th Century. To many, this volume will provide the moment when the identity of a piece of porcelain is revealed. While the book, with its considerable index of mottoes and cross-references to both volumes, will fulfill that need, in his foreword Garter King of Arms concludes, 'Unlike so many works on an esoteric subject, this had the aesthetic combined with the heraldic and genealogical to ensure a wider base of popular support - from the connoisseur to the armorist and from the collector of works of art to the social historian.'.;Containing: Introduction and four illustrated chapters on aspects of the China Trade: 1.Reflections, Replacements, Reproductions and Revival, 2.Of Counters, Carriages and Bookplates, 3.Armorial Porcelain for Scotland and the role of the Swedish East India Company, 4.Chinese Armorial Porcelain: The Market during the last Century and in the Future and The Laws of Blazon, a chapter on understanding heraldry. Together with a comprehensive analysis and classification of styles and dates of armorial porcelain.General Index and 50-page comprehensive Index of Services. New/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 132B

Catalogue: Chinese Ceramics

Keywords: 0954438914 chinese armorial porcelain,reference,david sanctuary howard Asian Art Chinese Art

HOWARD, DAVID SANCTUARY

Chinese Armorial Porcelain: Volume II

Heirloom & Howard Limited, England. 2003, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0954438906). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover dark blue buckram with dust jacket in slipcase; 22.9 x 29.3 cm; 4.313 Kg; 904 pages with 1,880 colour illustrations, 1,500 armorial services described; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; Foreword by Peter Ll. Gwynn-Jones, CVO, Garter Principal King of Arms.; In 1974 Faber & Faber published Chinese Armorial Porcelain which has remained the most comprehensive book on the subject. At that time David Howard did not anticipate the need for a second volume; however, continued research has resulted in this book which illustrates 1,380 services not illustrated in Volume I, in addition to the 160 services which formed the addendum to that volume. The material in Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II is almost entirely additional to the first volume, containing a new introduction and four new chapters on aspects of the China Trade. All the appendices are revised and extended and the index of mottoes and index of services cover both volumes (the later containing an alphabetical list of over 4,000 services - more than 3,320 illustrated and 680 unillustrated - all made for the British or American market). This is an essential companion for those who own the first volume but this book certainly stands on its own and, as Garter King of Arms writes in the foreword, 'is an astounding work - destined to be a major reference source in the future'. While the book relies heavily on the evidence of armorials and their ability to date, sometimes to the exact year, when a service was made, it also throws extra light on to the whole China Trade which was an integral part of the commercial success of the 18th Century Britain. The details of captains and supercargoes and the record of the sheer volume of trade which attended the growth of the largest company the world has ever known - the Honourable East India Company - provide a reliable and accurate backdrop to many other events in the 18th Century. This also enables researchers to use the evidence of heraldry and the 1,980 illustrations (all but 100 in colour) to date many stylistic changes of porcelain in a way which, because of the lack Chinese records of the export trade, would not otherwise be possible. Publication of the first volume led to a reassessment of the scale of this specialist porcelain trade which was handled, almost exclusively, by private traders working with framework of the East India Company. Details of what these merchants purchased are not recorded in the India Office Library and it is only possible to gauge their influence on trade and decorative etiquette in Europe by studying what they brought home - some 12,000 miles by sea - at a time when travel was far less certain than it is today. The chapters in this book explain not only the natural but also the political risks of trading in the 18th Century. To many, this volume will provide the moment when the identity of a piece of porcelain is revealed. While the book, with its considerable index of mottoes and cross-references to both volumes, will fulfill that need, in his foreword Garter King of Arms concludes, 'Unlike so many works on an esoteric subject, this had the aesthetic combined with the heraldic and genealogical to ensure a wider base of popular support - from the connoisseur to the armorist and from the collector of works of art to the social historian.'.;Containing: Introduction and four illustrated chapters on aspects of the China Trade: 1.Reflections, Replacements, Reproductions and Revival, 2.Of Counters, Carriages and Bookplates, 3.Armorial Porcelain for Scotland and the role of the Swedish East India Company, 4.Chinese Armorial Porcelain: The Market during the last Century and in the Future and The Laws of Blazon, a chapter on understanding heraldry. Together with a comprehensive analysis and classification of styles and dates of armorial porcelain.General Index and 50-page comprehensive Index of Services. New/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 199B

Catalogue: Chinese Ceramics

Keywords: 0954438906 chinese armorial porcelain,reference,david sanctuary howard Asian Art Chinese Art

HOWARD, DAVID S.

The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection

Zwemmer, an imprint of Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, London. 1994, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0302006427). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 29.5 cm, 1.6 Kg; 298 pages with 350 colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. The dust jacket has a tear on the top right cover and is now protected with a clearcover. INCLUDES DEDICATION TO PREVIOUS OWNER AND SIGNATURE BY THE COLLECTORS DORIS AND LEO HODROFF.; The Private Trade in Chinese Export porcelain, as distinct from East India Company Trade, has hitherto scarcely been recognised as a subject in its own right. And yet the officers and supercargoes of the Hon. East India Company took full advantage of their license to trade in their own capital risk, that is the most collected today. David S. Howard surveys more than two centuries of manufacture, and throws new light on how the trade was actually conducted. The Hodfroff Collection, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world, closely mirrors the tastes of the private traders and is the ideal source of illustration for this pioneering work. The porcelain is divided into six groups according to use - dinner services, tea and coffee sets, drinking vessels, personal and everyday utensils, decorative vases, and human and animal figures - in broadly chronological arrangement, akin to the way in which it became available on the market. The reader therefore sees the pieces much in the way they were first seen by the supercargoes and captains who commissioned them in Canton, or chose them from the shelf in china shop in 'Thirteen Factory Street' behind the European hongs on the Pearl River. Drawing on extensive new research in East India Company and other records, and also on major findings from recently discovered seventeenth-and-eighteen century wrecks and their cargoes, The Choice of the Private Trader significantly extends our knowledge of Chinese Export porcelain, and with its 350 colour illustrations presents and exciting addition to the select literature of essential ceramic reference books. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 771B

Catalogue: Collections and Exhibitions

Keywords: 0302006427 east india trade,porcelain,captains and supercargoes,canton,ceramics Chinese Ceramics Asian Art

HOWARD, DAVID; AYERS, JOHN

Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London. 1980, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0856670839). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 23 x 28.5 cm; 0.758 Kg; 80 pages with colour illustrations.; Used book in very good condition with minor signs of wear in the dust jacket; Catalogue for the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of the collection of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh of New York, where it was shown for the first time; The sixty-two masterpieces of Chinese export porcelain, illustrated here in full colour, have been selected from one of the finest collections of the century to give a representative view of these wares in all their different styles. The introduction which precedes them tells the story of the export of Chinese porcelain over the last two thousand years and examines the historic, economic and artistic factors contributing to its spectacular popularity in eighteenth-century Europe and, later, in America. Over the last fifty years, Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh of New York amassed a huge assembly of this ware, which in depth and variety is unprecedented. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 140ABE

Catalogue: Collections and Exhibitions

Keywords: 0856670839 chinese export porcelain,porcelain,ceramics,china,mottahedeh Chinese Art Chinese Ceramics

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA, JI'AN CITY MUSEUM; XIAUJIAN, HU AND SHU, WANG (EDITORS)

Jizhou Kiln

China Social Sciences Press. 2004. (ISBN: 9787500449225). Soft cover. Book, Chinese text; Paperback; 21.8 x 28.7 cm; 0.514 Kg; 93 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the cover, spine and back cover. Wear mark on the front cover. Edgeworn; This book shows a collection of 200 pieces of Jizhou kilns all with an explanation text. First volume of Ancient Chinese Ceramics Art Series, this book will allow readers to better understand the Jizhou Kiln artifacts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 306B

Catalogue: Chinese Ceramics

Keywords: 9787500449225 china,kilns,ceramics,porcelain Chinese Art Asian Art

LAM, PETER Y.K. (EDITOR); CATALOGUE ENTRIES: HUI, HUMPHREY AND YEE, LAI SUK; ESSAYS BY LAM, PETER Y.K. AND YEE, LAI SUK

Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing - the Huaihaitang Collection

Art Museuem, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2007, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9789627101840). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English and Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket) in slipcase.; 25.5 x 33 cm; 3.2 Kg; 400 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; New. May show signs of handling and shelf wear.; Catalogue from the exhibtion held Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, from the 11.11.2007 to the 30.03.2008.; "The Qing imperial vases and bottles from the Huaihaitang Collection featured in this catalogue provide a good illustration of the rich reportoire of the "closed forms" fired at Jingdezhen Imperial Factory and attest to the prosperity of the Factory, the tour de force of the potters and the unreserved patronage from the imperial household. This exhibition presenting porcelain vases and bottles of the Imperial Qing is the first of its kind and offers great opportunities for academic studiy and appreciation by the scholars, collectors and laymen." excerpt from the introductory text by Peter Y.K.Lam, Director, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. New/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 844B

Catalogue: Chinese Ceramics

Keywords: 9789627101840 yongzheng ware,qianlong imperial ware,qing imperial vase forms and handles,huaihaitang collection,underglaze ware,monochromes,polychromes,kangxi reign,yongzheng reign,qianlong reign,emperors of the qing dynasty Chinese Art Collections and ex

HUNG, WU

The Art of the Yellow Springs: Understanding Chinese Tombs

Reaktion Books, London. 2010, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781861896247). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 26 x 26 cm; 1.8 kg; 230 pages with 230 illustrations, 83 in colour.; Used book with minor signs of wear. As new. Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket which is now protected with a clearcover.; No other civilisation in the pre-modern world was more obsessed with creating underground burial structures than the Chinese. For at least five thousand years, from the fourth millennium BCE to the early twentieth century, Chinese people devoted an extraordinary amount of wealth and labour to building tombs and furnishing them with exquisite objects and images. In art history these ancient burial sites have mainly been appreciated as "treasures troves" of exciting and often previously unknown works of art. New trends in Chinese art history are challenging this way of studying funerary art: now an entire memorial site - rather than any of its individual components - has become the focus of both observation and interpretation. In the Art of the Yellow Springs, Wu Hung argues that to achieve a genuine understanding of Chinese tombs we need to reconsider a host of art-historical concepts, including visuality, viewership, space, formal analysis, function and context. Profusely illustrated with many outstanding works of art, this ground-breaking new assessment demonstrates the amazing richness of arguably the longest and most persistent art tradition in the history of Chinese culture. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 675B

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: 9781861896247 china,chinese art,tombs china,grave goods china,art objects Chinese Art

HUTH, HANS

Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an Industry 1550-1950

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. 1971. (ISBN: 0226363155). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 28 cm; 1.597 Kg; 158 pages plus appendix with 386 plates. 400 illustrations, including 16 in colour.; Used with signs of wear, namely the dust jacket that shows tears and wear marks. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The interior shows some yellowing.; Beautifully illustrated, this book is the first comprehensive study in English of the history of Western lacquer. Hans Huth investigates the development of this art from its inception as a craft in Venice to its spread throughout Europe and North America, and ultimately to the industrialization and decline in the nineteenth century. He gathers together and examines all pertinent data: literature, documents, and examples. The resulting historical survey establishes sixteenth and seventeenth century Venice as the center for the earliest Western lacquerwork. Venetian influence expanded the lacquer vogue to the rest of Italy and beyond, and Mr. Huth devotes individual chapters to the discussion of other European countries and their distinctive contributions to the art of lacquerwork. The last chapter is concerned with the rise and decline of the lacquer industry and ends by pointing out certain trends, especially in Russia and Belgium, which tend to promise a limited reappearance of the lacquer craft. Although the book deals with a very specialized subject, Huth succeeds in relating it to the more general artistic, intellectual, and economic aspects of Western culture. There are over 400 illustrations, including sixteen color plates - many published here for the first time - which provide a visual survey of the material covered, and the volume is supplemented by a chronological table of publications of lacquer from 1550 to the time of this publication. Lacquer of the West will be of interest not only to the specialist, the museum curator, and connoisseur, but to antique collectors in general and those interested in the history of the commerce. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 351B

Catalogue: Generic Books

Keywords: 0226363155 LACQUER,WEST,ITALY,FRANCE,GERMANY,HISTORY,INDUSTRY,ENGLAND,NORTH AMERICA,NETHERLANDS,SCANDINAVIA,RUSSIA

IKEGAMI, EIKO

The Taming of the Samurai : Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England. 1995. (ISBN: 0674868080). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 24.5 cm.; 0.78 Kg.; 428 pages.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the outside text block. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the dust jacket that is now protected with a clearcover.; Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. She accomplishes this by focusing on the diverse roles that the samurai have played in Japanese history. From their rise in ancient Japan, through their dominance as warrior lords in the medieval period, and their subsequent transformation to quasi-bureaucrats at the beginning of the Tokugawa era, the samurai held center stage in Japan until their abolishment after the opening up of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. This book demonstrates how Japan's so-called harmonious collective culture is paradoxically connected with a history of conflict. Ikegami contends that contemporary Japanese culture is based upon two remarkably complementary ingredients, honorable competition and honorable collaboration. The historical roots of this situation can be found in the process of state formation, along very different lines from that seen in Europe at around the same time. The solution that emerged out of the turbulent beginnings of the Tokugawa state was a transformation of the samurai into a hereditary class of vassal-bureaucrats, a solution that would have many unexpected ramifications for subsequent centuries. Ikegami's approach, while sociological, draws on anthropological and historical methods to provide an answer to the question of how the Japanese managed to achieve modernity without traveling the route taken by Western countries. The result is a work of enormous depth and sensitivity that will facilitate a better understanding of, and appreciation for, Japanese society. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 712B

Catalogue: Asian History

Keywords: 0674868080 samurai,history,japanese,japan,bushido,ethics,civilization

IMPEY, OLIVER (FOREWORD)

The Art and Influence of Japan

Apollo Magazine. 1991. Soft cover. Book, English text.; Paperback.; 21 x 26 cm; 0.2 kg.; Unpaginated with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior.; Catalogue from the loan exhibition arranged by The British Antique Dealers' Association held at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 12th - 22nd June 1992 which included pieces from: Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Victoria and Albert Museum, Chiddingstone Castle in Kent and also pieces from members of the The British Antique Dealers' Association.; "It is to be hoped the theme of this year's Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 'The Art and Influence of Japan', illuminates and increases our knowledge of Japanese art from the early years of Buddhist iconography, though the restraint of the kakemono, to the magnificent technical achievements of the lacquer and metal workers in later and more recent times." excerpt from the introductory text by Roger Keverne. Good.

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Book number: 606B

Catalogue: Collections and Exhibitions

Keywords: china,chinese ceramics,exhibition,celadon,swatow,dehua Chinese Ceramics Japanese Art