In search of the spirit
Subtitle: the living national treasures of Japan
By: by Sheila Hamanaka and Ayano Ohmi ; illustrations by Sheila Hamanaka ; calligraphy by Ayano Ohmi.
Contributors: Ohmi, Ayano.
Publisher: Morrow Junior Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Arts, Japanese -- Juvenile literature; Artists -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Arts, Japanese; Artists; Japan -- Biography
Description: Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures, artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing, bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater, and neriage ceramics.