Ceramic Art of Japan

Tadanari Mitsuoka

Tourist Library Vol. 8

A concise, comprehensive book for the keen student of pottery and porcelain wares. Ceramic Art of Japan gives the historical background and technical characteristics of one of the best known of Japan's industrial arts. It gives the ancient history of Japan and outlines the development of the earthenware of the stone age into the porcelain and china wares of the more recent centuries. Many illustrations, both black and white and color.

Japan Travel Bureau, 1954, 3rd printing. Cloth covered boards, with gold title, midway between hard and soft, with dust jacket, 5 x 7-1/4 inches, 190 pages.

The dust jacket has wear to edges and folds, with many small tears and chips, and darkened edges. The book cover is bowed out, and has light wear to corners and spine ends. A small owner's label is glued inside front cover. Otherwise the book is in very good condition.

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