The book of urushi
Subtitle: Japanese lacquerware from a master = Urushi no hanashi
By: Gonroku Matsuda ; supervised by Kazumi Murose ; translated by Michael Brase and Makiko Komada
Contributors: Brase, Michael, translator; Komada, Makiko, translator; Murose, Kazumi, 1950- writer of foreword
Edition: First edition.
Series: Japan library; Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9784866580609
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Lacquer and lacquering; Lack; Kunsthandwerk
Other titles: Urushi no hanashi
Work titles: Urushi no hanashi
Description: "Urushi, Japanese lacquerware, is perhaps the oldest and most sublime of all the Japanese arts and crafts. Its history goes back more than 7,000 years, and it is still vibrantly alive today. It is practiced by craftsmen working in time-honored techniques and by modern artists forging the future. Valued for its utilitarian durability, urushi developed into an incomparable art, adorning a multitude of objects from luxurious palaces to lavish murals and exquisitely crafted fountain pens. The present book, written more than fifty years ago by the Living National Treasure Matsuda Gonroku, has long been a must-read for collectors, researchers, and laypeople. It is the "bible" of urushi, covering every conceivable aspect of the subject. It includes some fifty full-color illustrations of masterpieces honored by history and masterworks by Matsuda himself"--
Notes: "Originally published in Japanese under the title Urushi no hanashi by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, in 1964 and newly republished as an Iwanami Bunko in 2001. The present translation is based on the Bunko edition."--Title page verso.

Translated from the Japanese.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241) and index.

In Japanese.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Urushi and the art of Urushi; title: Part II. My sixty years with Urushi.