THE NETSUKE HANDBOOK OF UEDA REIKICHI. Adapted from the Japanese by Raymond Bush by UEDA, Reikichi

Rutland [1961], Tuttle. Buff cloth, 226 color & b.w. photos 325p., index, dj., very clean, solid. FIRST EDITION RAYMOND BUSHELL'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY This is an important reference source for any collector of Japanese Netsuke, compiled under the watchful eye of Bushell and organized for easy use. Addressing Netsuke as related to the history of sculpture. * Netsuke & its types, origin and development of Netsuke, Netsuke with secondary functions, Netsuke & the tobacco pouch, Netsuke materials: wood, ivory, horn, metal, porcelain, lacquer & other materials. * Netsuke subjects & designs. The Netsuke artists. Regional characteristics of Netsuke: Kansai, Edo, Chukyo & other districts. With an appreciation of Netsuke, its decline, export of, observations on all periods: Early, Middle & Late. * Literature on Netsuke & Netsuke collections. Reminiscences of Netsuke carvers: a visit to Koun Takamura &c. A valuable and most reliable study. * .