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The Art of the Japanese Screen
The Art of the Japanese Screen
Elise Grilli
1970 First Edition. Walker/Weatherhill, New York & Tokyo
Folio. Decorated silk brocade cover in three colors. Text block in gold on the spine with gold calligraphy embossed on the front. FINE in a like Brodart protected dust jacket. Bright with no marks or flaws. Gold decorated endpapers. xi+276 pp 159 illustrations, 48 in full color, most of which are full-page tipped-in plates. Japanese screen from antiquity to modern times are considered reviewing construction, design, and painting technique. Momoyama and early Edo periods get special emphasis. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.