Japanese Decorative Art: A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs by Feddersen, Martin; Translated from German by Katharine Watson - 1962

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. Hardcover. First American Edition. Near Fine with light wear at crown and heel in a Very Good+ dust jacket with some wear at the top two tips and at the crown. Clothbound hardback. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. 296 pages plus a fold-out chronological table at the back; 8 color plates, 239 b&w photos; 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Price sheets for an exhibit of "Contemporary Japanese Pottery" laid in. Out of Print. This is the first book to cover the field of Japanese decorative arts with a fully documented text in a single volume. The historical information concentrates on questions affecting technological and stylistic developments, and ceramics, metalwork, lacquer, netsuke carving, leatherwork and basketry are treated in separate sections. The names and genealogies of craftsmen are recorded, Japanese systems of dating are explained and tabulated, and a bibliography provided which is the fullest to appear in a western language. The chapter on iconography and motifs is specially valuable.