Description: Shigaraki, Potters' ValleyBy Louise Allison Cort 1979 first edition, Kodansha International (Tokyo, Japan), 8 1/2 x 12 inches tall burgundy cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped ($60.00) dust jacket, in a tattered slipcase, orange lettering to spine, color map endpapers, copiously illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, xi, 428 pp. A near fine copy - sharp corners, clean, bright and unmarked - in an only slightly edgeworn but otherwise very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Publisher's scarce slipcase present, but heavily soiled, rubbed, edgeworn and torn, with several tape repairs. For over seven centuries, potters of Shigaraki, a rural valley outside the Japanese city of Kyoto, have fashioned storage jars and tea ceremony wares from clay. This book examines the political, economic and artistic history of the valley. Contents: Imperial bountyMedieval waresTea-storage jarsTea-ceremony waresKyoto and ShigarakiOfficial tea jarsGlazed domestic waresResponse to WesternizationThe hibachi eraShigaraki today
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Book Title: Shigaraki, Potters' Valley
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Dust Jacket
Original Language: English
Author: Louise Allison Cort
Format: Hardcover
Subjects: Art & Culture
Dust Jacket: Dust Jacket
Publication Name: Shigaraki, Potter`s' Valley Industries
Language: English
Topic: Ceramics, Pottery & Ceramics
Publisher: Kodansha America, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1980
Genre: Art, Antiques & Collectibles
