Mingei: Masterpieces of Japanese Folkcraft

Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International, 1991. Hardcover. VG/VG (light shelfwear of toning to dust jacket). Navy cloth boards with silver lettering on spine, white dust jacket with color illustrations on front and rear covers, burgundy and blue lettering, 199 pp, profusely illustrated in color and bw. "This book produced to accompany the largest exhibition of this collection in the West to date, provides Western art lovers with their first definitive look at this world-renowned treasury. With its large format and numerous enlargements, this deluxe volume not only documents the intrinsic beauty of Japanese crafts, but conveys the warmth and vitality of the lovingly crafted pieces that have continued to captivate generation after generation long after Yanagi's original inspiration." -dust jacket. (Inventory #: 176626)