Imari, Satsuma and Other Japanese Export Ceramics

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The popularity of Japanese ceramics in the West caused a vast and delightful variety of wares to be made in the late nineteenth century for export. Colorful Imari porcelain in deep blue, orange-red, and gold, Fukagawa porcelain in imaginative designs, as well as the softly colored Satsuma earthenwares, are the best known of the old Japanese exports, shown here in hundreds of variations created by skilled decorators. This new edition has an updated values reference and additional items shown in each chapter, especially early Imari wares from the period c. 1700. Also presented are the exotic Sumida and Banko wares, relative newcomers to the field whose popularity has grown steadily over the last ten years. Makers' and decorators' marks, unusual shapes, design variations, and hard-to-find examples are all shown in 600 color photographs with identifying captions and concise text.

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Imari Satsuma book review.......2007-06-12

The pictures are wonderful and plentiful as well as history of the styles. What's painfully lacking are examples and explanations of marks. Two and a half pages representing 27 marks with minimum information on any of them. I felt like it was a pretty book to look through, but a poor reference for those looking for information on how to buy Imari or Satsuma. I found no information at all about reproductions or modern pieces that have flooded the market and make it difficult for less than well informed buyers to get genuine pieces of antique Imari or Satsuma.

Outstanding Japanese Ceramics Book........1998-08-24

Outstanding book for amateur and serious collectors to enjoy - pieces are identified with text and superb coloured photos.

Large number of high quality color photographs.......1998-03-11

Of great interest to dealers and collectors of Japanese export ceramics, this book contains full color photographs of a large number of fine specimans of Imari, Satsuma, Banko and Sumida. Significant number of pieces from the Arts and Crafts period. Sections on markings, bibliography and valuations. I think the valuations are on the low side of current retail prices.

Shibata Zeshin: Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer from the Khalili Collection (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art)

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Shibata Zeshin: Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer from the Khalili Collection (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art)
Joe Earle
Manufacturer: The Khalili Collections
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1874780099
Release Date: 2007-08-21

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This is a catalogue of an exhibition being held at the National Museum of Scotland.

Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art

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Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art
Melvin H. Jahss , and Betty Jahss
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0804802637

Inside Japanese Ceramics: Primer Of Materials, Techniques, And Traditions

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An essential guide for the potter or the collector.

Inside Japanese Ceramics: Primer Of Materials, Techniques, And Traditions
Richard L. Wilson
Manufacturer: Weatherhill
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0834804425
Release Date: 1999-10-01

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This practical and supremely useful manual is the first comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Japanese ceramics. The Japanese ceramics tradition is without compare in its technical and stylistic diversity, its expressive content, and the level of appreciation it enjoys, both in Japan and around the world. Inside Japanese Ceramics focuses on tools, materials, and procedures, and how all of these have influenced the way traditional Japanese ceramics look and feel. A true primer, it concentrates on the basics: setting up a workshop, pot-forming techniques, decoration, glazes, and kilns and firing. It introduces the major methods and styles that are taught in most Japanese workshops, including several representative and well-known wares: Bizen, Mino, Karatsu, Hagi, and Kyoto. While presenting the time-tested techniques of the tradition, author Richard L. Wilson also accommodates modern technologies and materials as appropriate. Wilson has gathered a wealth of information on two frontsâas a researcher of Japanese pottery and art history, and as a potter who has studied and worked for years with master Japanese potters. In his introduction, he provides a short history of Japanese ceramics, and in closing he looks beyond traditional methods toward ways in which Western potters can make Japanese methods their own. Richly illustrated with 24 color plates, over 100 black-and-white photographs, and over 70 instructive line-drawings, Inside Japanese Ceramics is indispensable for potters as well as connoisseurs and collectors of Japanese ceramics. Above all, it is an invitation to participateâto study, make, touch, and use the exquisite products of the Japanese ceramic tradition.

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An essential guide for the potter or the collector........1999-04-07

This volume presents not only the "how-to" of Japanese ceramics, but broader considerations of their significance within the context of world ceramics. Richard Wilson has not only trained extensively with Japanese potters, but is also thoroughly familiar with the many historical ceramic types which form the tradition which continues today. Virtually no art potters today remain unaffected by the tremendous impact of Japanese ceramics, and Wilson's book provides the contemporary ceramist with a reference that is at once useful and inspiring. The text is clear and straightforward in the explanatory sections while at the same time conveying to the reader the fascinating historical and cultural context on which the many techniques are based. The color illustrations are first class, and the technical photographs, illustrations and diagrams are clear, easy to read and appropriately placed. As in his earlier volume, The Art of Ogata Kenzan, Wilson has taken great pains to ensure that his information is both accurate and as complete as possible. Eschewing past tendencies of Western ceramists to mainly focus either on the externals of Japanese pots or on a touchy-feely, pseudo-philosophical/religous approach, Wilson sees the essence of Japanese ceramics as intrinsically linked to production process and functionality. As he summarizes, "(The Japanese ceramics legacy) suggests... renouncing artistic individualism... and rededicating oneself to personal discipline and harmony with materials, processes, and the user community. It implies thinking about the pots as part of an ongoing process, a relaxed conversation with the world, rather than as a kind of personal decree." Through this book, Richard Wilson has provided a great volume of reference not only for those who "do" ceramics, but for those who love ceramics as well.

Yakimono: 4000 Years of Japanese Ceramics

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Yakimono: 4000 Years of Japanese Ceramics
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Manufacturer: Honolulu Academy of Arts
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ASIN: 0937426679

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Treasures of Japanese Ceramics celebrates the 120th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Hawaii. It presents a wide range of exceptional Japanese ceramic ware from a number of institutions in Japan, representing a broad time span, different aesthetics, and multiple techniques.

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This is the first book in English to document what Japanese porcelain was like before it was "discovered" in Europe, and thereafter made with a view to foreign, rather than Japanese, tastes. It is also the first in-depth study of the working practices of the pottery kilns of the seventeenth
century. Impey assesses the individual kilns at Arita and reconstructs a detailed and fascinating picture of how these beautiful, little-known objects were made.

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From the bestselling Bialosky series, which has over 1.7 million copies in print, here is another bright, appealing alternative to "Mom, I'm bored." My First Drawing Book is a full-color board book with laminated write-on, wipe-off pages that kids can draw on over and over again. Perfect to occupy creative minds even while traveling, the book comes with its own clip-on water-soluble pen.

Each page offers a different scene, for a total of ten backgrounds that young artists can turn into funny pictures, from a monster hiding in the closet to a spaceship on the moon.

356,000 copies in print. Suitable for ages 4-7. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

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Enjoyable Overview of Architectural Photography.......2004-06-13

This book provides a good overview of architectural photography, with many inspiring images and much discussion of various aspects of technqiue and the creative process. Buy this book if you wish to explore architectural photography and are looking for ideas and guidance. Don't be put off by the mention of "black and white photography" on the cover -- the content is applicable to colour photography as well.

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The writers and editors of Mad have their sarcastic lances aimed at the heart of American life

Greasy Mad
Albert (editor) Feldstein
Manufacturer: Warner Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KEYWGE

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The writers and editors of Mad have their sarcastic lances aimed at the heart of American life.......2007-08-12

There is nothing that can compare to the lampooning techniques of the artists and writers of Mad Magazine. They demonstrate their talents once again in this book, where among other things they aim their sarcastic lances at:

*) The ritual of college football on Saturdays
*) Women appearing in whiskey ads
*) Before and after advertisements
*) Television game shows
*) Hints for household repair
*) The American prison system

Once again, the people at Mad demonstrate their genius at poking fun at anything and everything in the American social structure. If you are not amused by their antics in this book, then you are devoid of a sense of humor.

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Greasy Mad
MAD Magazine
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0446304883

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The writers and editors of Mad have their sarcastic lances aimed at the heart of American life

The Greasy Mad

Manufacturer: Warner
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: B000ANRDQG

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This is a collection of different articles from Mad Magazine. Very vintage, very funny, very cool.

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The writers and editors of Mad have their sarcastic lances aimed at the heart of American life.......2007-08-12

The Greasy Mad #15 (Warner Books, 76-962)

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The writers and editors of Mad have their sarcastic lances aimed at the heart of American life

The Greasy Mad #15 (Warner Books, 76-962)

Manufacturer: Warner Communications Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic
ASIN: B000N85VIU

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The writers and editors of Mad have their sarcastic lances aimed at the heart of American life.......2007-08-12

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Greasy Mad Stuff
William M. Gaines
Manufacturer: Signet
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0451053435

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Greasy MAD Stuff
William M.: Feldstein, Albert B. Gaines
Manufacturer: Signet
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000IM2LRA

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Greasy Mad Stuff
Albert B. Feldstein
Manufacturer: New York Signet 1963.
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ASIN: B000N164W4

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The Mad Greasy
EDITORS OF MAD MAGAZINE
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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ASIN: 0446887269

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WE'RE STILL USING THAT GREASY MAD STUFF
FELDSTEIN
Manufacturer: NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY/SIGNET
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000P9JAXE

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We're Still Using That Greasy MAD Stuff

Manufacturer: Signet
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ASIN: B000BD19GA

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