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The Unknown Craftsman
A Japanese Insight into Beauty
by Bernard Leach ; Soetsu Yanagi
ISBN: 0870119486
ISBN-13: 9780870119484
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc
Published date: 1990
Size: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Publisher's Notes
This has been one of the books most revered by potters for the last two decades. The text consists of selections from the extensive writings of Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961), the father of the Japanese folk-craft movement.
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The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty
Soetsu Yanagi; Foreword-Shoji Hamada; Adapter-Bernard Leach
Kodansha International, 1990-01-15. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good - Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Edge-wear to cover. Smudges at bottom edge of pages. Nice reading copy! ( more information)
Offered by Top Shelf Books (United States)
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THE UNKNOWN CRAFTSMAN: a Japanese Insight Into Beauty
Yanagi, Soetsu; Leach, Bernard ( Editor / Translator)
Kodansha International, 1989. 230pp. softback with cover, VG, index, b&w photos and illustrations, The autjors view of art as the manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy and religion arise and in which barriers between them disappear, . Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information)
Offered by Karen Wickliff - Books (United States)
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The Unknown Craftsmen (Qty: 3)
YANAGI, SOETSU
KODANSHA EUROPE LTD, 1978. NEW ED. Brand new. <br>Author: YANAGI, SOETSU<br>Publisher: KODANSHA EUROPE LTD<br>Year Of Publication: 1978<br>Edition: NEW ED<br>Pages: 232<br>Publication Country: UK<br>Dimensions: 240 x 180<br>Format: paperback<br>The founder of the folkcraft movement in Japan, Soetsu Yanagi, examines Japanese folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy and religion arise, and in which the barriers between them disappear. ( more information)
Offered by A Green Hippo (United Kingdom)
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