Shigaraki, Potters' Valley

1st Edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Mint. Weighs 2.25kg. Quarto hardcover with dj (22x30cm) 428pp with 46 colour and 300 b/w photos with full descriptions and append [more]

1st Edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Mint. Weighs 2.25kg. Quarto hardcover with dj (22x30cm) 428pp with 46 colour and 300 b/w photos with full descriptions and appendices. A thorough and comprehensive work. This book has become the standard reference on Japanese pottery. Shigaraki is a rural valley outside Kyoto with distinctive clays that have been used for pottery making for over 7 centuries. The author Louise Cort is Curator for Ceramics at the Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.[less]