Japanese Art Signatures: a Handbook And Practical Guide by Self, James and Hirose Nobuko; Self, James and Hirose Nobuko - 1987

Japan: 21st Century Communications. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0804870217 . Hardcover. Book is like new , Dust jacket spine is partially faded ortherwise like new. Includes types of Japanese artwork, artist and craftsmen names, names of Swordsmiths, Metal workers, Lacquer artists, and Netsuke carvers. Also Index, bibliography, classification, comments, radical index, woodblock print censor seal index, provinces, of critical importance to the Japanese art collector. Considered by some antique dealers to be the most important reference on subject Z "Here at last is a comprehensive, authoritative and easy to use research aid for reading Japanese art signatures. Designed both for the layman and scholar, presents a simplified approach, one which enables the reader to translate successfully most of the signatures likely to be encountered, whether on paintings, woodblock prints, netsuke laquer, inro, swords, or any other form of Japanese art or handicraft. In terms of its subject, its range and the abundance of related information it is unprecedented among works in its field". Its distinctive features include: A Dictionary of Handwritten Kaisho figures, the Kana Location of dictionary characters through the Radical Index or the Stroke Count IndexFacsimile of over 300 artists signaturesA selection of 300 modified variant and debased charactersAn Index of over 11,000 names of artists and craftsmen, all cross referenced to the character dictionaryAn index of provinces, towns and place namesA section on dates and how to read them including both the Nengo and the Cycle systemsReproductions of date and censor seals on woodblock prints Reproduction of publishers trademarks and sealsReproduction of actor's and Genji monInstruction on placement of signatures, how to read partly erased signatures, a step-bystep, guide through signature reading etc. Stroke count index of Kaisho charactersExtensive BibliographyDust jacket fine and unclipped. A must for the collector, dealer or historian. Now in a removable archival protective mylar clear cover. ; Black and white illustrations; 6" By 9"; 399 pages .