Netsuke features 820 full color photographs of netsuke with accompanying text that gives a complete overview of changing taste in netsuke collecting throughout it's history and into present day. Each netsuke has a detailed description that places the subject in context in Japanese life and history, and gives important information about the carver or technique.
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The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
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It is very useful book for any collectors, carvers and other people who love netsuke! There are a lot of images, the perfect quality!
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A superb collection of netsuke,
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Raymond Bushell was part of the occupying US military after World War Two, and he found two loves of his life, netsuke, where he became a leading collector and writer on the art form, and his wife, who helped organize this exhibit and wonderful book. The color photography is superb and the text contains important scholarly insights.The International Netsuke Society (formerly known as the Netsuke Kenkyukai Society) is devoted to the study and collection of netsuke and related sagemono art forms. There are over 625 society members living in 31 different countries. The Society publishes the International Netsuke Society Journal, which is an excellent source of information on both antique and contemporary netsuke. (Consider becoming a member if you enjoy netsuke or Japanese art in general.) The Society recommends this as this book as one of the best books to learn about netsuke: "In The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke, exquisite color photography and scholarly insights bring alive this amazing tradition. It features more than 820 netsuke, with accompanying text that gives a complete overview of changing tastes in netsuke collecting and carving throughout its history and into the present day. Each netsuke has a detailed description that places the subject in the context of Japanese life and history, and gives important information about the carver or technique. The enormous variety of netsuke subjects are thoroughly examined, including famous battles and samurai, kabuki and noh actors and plays, scandalous stories, animals and imaginary creatures, Buddhist sages, and Shinto rituals." As collectors of netsuke for many years, my wife and I find this book to be a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the art form, or in the culture and history of Japan. Robert C. Ross 2007 2008
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