An inside look at kokeshi dolls: from the skilled woodworkers behind their design to their important cultural significance.

"A woman in a kimono is like a fleeting vision. She emerges briefly from the crowd only to vanish, dreamlike, around a street corner." In Kimonos, aut...

This swatch book is an inspiring visual tour of elegant fabric design using beautiful historic kimono remnants from Japan's Showa Period (1926-1989).

Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") is an art form that originated in the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo) in the early seventeenth century ...

This study presents an engaging text and over 300 beautiful color photographs of exquisite and amusing three-dimensional figures in Hirado, Imari, Kutani, Satsuma, Studio works, and Sumida wares.

Satsuma, Imari, Hirado, Kutani, and other ceramic styles are explored in this new study. Important decorators are identified and displayed in 400+ color photos.

Compare the craftsmanship of these imaginative designs and learn how the international market both demanded and supported trade in their ornate decorations.

Japanese woodblock prints, or "ukiyo-e," are the most recognizable Japanese art form. Their massive popularity has spread from Japan to be embraced by...

This edition has an updated values reference and additional items shown in each chapter, especially early Imari wares from the period c. 1700.

This is a premium oversized book, suitable for coffee table display or for the serious collector/ dealer wishing for in depth research & photos.

This is a style manual to help non-Japanese speakers/readers who collect Japanese kokeshi dolls identify and learn more about their vintage traditional kokeshi dolls.

Designed to help non-Japanese speakers identify and learn more about their kokeshi doll collections of more recent/creative kokeshi dolls. There are more than 200 photos in this volume.

Over 400 beautiful color illustrations and well-researched text reveal the historically and artistically significant Japanese Karatsu ware of its golden age of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Over 970 vivid images of netsuke are shown, representing Japanese life, customs, religion, professions, art, history, and legends.

Identify and learn about vintage, traditional kokeshi dolls as well as more recent / creative ones. Includes Shingata, Omiyage, Sosaku, and Beyond!