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(★)(´AT-0074´es mismo libro.)(From the time Japan commenced trading with the West in the sixteenth century, Japanese arts and crafts have intrigued and delighted Westerners, especially lacquer, screens, swords, and porcelain. When the Japanese opened their country to trade and tourism in the mid-1850s, Westerners were quick to spot the beauty and value of select Japanese woodblock prints, screens, scrolls, swords and sword furnishings, netsuke, inro, furniture, cloisonne, decorative metalwork and sculpture. The Japanese pavilions at the Paris Exhibition in 1867 and other international expositions fueled further interest in collecting and gave impetus to Impressionism and the Japonisme art movement. As the Japanese discarded their traditional kimono and the paraphernalia associated with it, especially netsuke and inro, these items came to form the basis of Western art museums and scholarship. Foreigners also became major purchasers of cloisonne, studio porcelain, and metalwork, now seen as the great masterpieces of the Meiji era, which remain highly valued for their artistry, craftsmanship, and beauty. ´Collecting Japanese Antiques´ provides background information on what makes Japanese aesthetics and art so different, as well as practical and cautionary advice on evaluation, purchase, restoration, and price trends. Investment guidelines brief new and would-be enthusiasts on the basics of collecting, while offering comments and guidance that might reawaken interest in experienced collectors. Striking photographs highlight the beauty and craftsmanship of the items, which range from solid wood chests, delicate hand-carved ivory netsuke and ethereal cloisonne to elegant prints and screens, elaborate dolls and diverse ceramics. ◆Alistair Seton graduated from Oxford University and Aberdeen College of Education, and spent five years in Arab and West African countries (where he was also a collector) before coming to Japan in 1972. Since then, this Scot has worked at various universities, and been a guest lecturer for eight years at Kobe University. He now teaches Japanese art and poetry to foreign students at Kwansei Gakuin and is a professor at Tezukayama Gakuin University. In 1993, he founded and still edits ´Daruma´, a quarterly magazine on Japanese antiques and art. In addition to several books on drama, songs, and Japanese vocabulary, he is the author of ´Igezara Printed China´, the first study of non-handpainted Japanese porcelain. He lives in Kobe with his university professor wife and two children.) |
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