Living national treasures of Japan
Subtitle: an exhibition organized by the Committee of the Exhibition of Living National Treasures of Japan
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1982
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: eng
Translated from: jpn
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Japanese Art; Exhibitions
Description: Covers the travelling exhibition of Japan's Living Treasures during 1983 to museums in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. With over 240 full-page color photos of ceramics, garments, stencils, screens, swords, spears, boxes, sword-guards, and much more. Text covers Japanese traditional crafts and their government protection, a summary of history and current status of Japanese traditional crafts, and an introduction to the artists.
Notes: Some of the text translated from Japanese.