Kokusai the genius
Subtitle: and stag-antler carving in Japan
By: catalogue by Paul Moss, with Finn Daley Roberts and Oliver Moss ; photography by Ken Adlard, New Moon Photography Ltd ; additional photography by John Gagné, Gilles Lorin, and Andrew Wilds
Publisher: Sydney L. Moss Ltd
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789888272129
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Catalogs; Netsukes; Netsuke carvers; Netsuke carving
Description: "Sydney L. Moss Ltd. presents its long-awaited trilogy of books dealing with the eccentric genius of the Meiji carver Kokusai. Volume I comprises the manifold essays and thematic notes from a range of expert luminaries, going on to cover Japanese carving of stag-antler between the 1700s until Kokusai’s appearance in the mid-19th century. Volume II is the first real survey of a single netsuke carver’s work and gathers together more than 250 works of art by Kokusai, who was not just a carver but a comic raconteur, storyteller, cat dancer, and all-around larger than life personality. Volume III concludes with substantial groupings of works by Kokusai’s followers, including Masayuki, Rensai, Hakusai, and Tōkoku (among many others), ending with Imai Ōshin in the early-mid 20th century."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (v. 3, pages 464-467) and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Precursors; title: v. 2. Kokusai; title: v. 3. Followers.