Beschreibung:

DescriptionProperty from the Japan Society Library, LondonA collection of books and catalogues on Japanese woodblock prints, paintings, ceramics and works of art, some from the library of Ernest Mason Satow
comprising:
Albert J. Koop, Guide to the Japanese Textiles Part II - Costume (London: V&A, 1920)Alfred East  Press notices of an exhibition of the landscape of Japan (London, 1890), donated by Alfred EastAlfred Parsons, Catalogue of a collection of watercolour drawings (London: Arthur Knapp & Co., 1893) donated by Alfred ParsonsArnold Genthe, 400 Japanese colour prints (New York: Anderson Galleries Inc., 1917)Basil W. Robinson, Summary catalogue of drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in the collection of Ferd Lieftinck (London: 1953), presented to the Japan Society by Ferd LieftinckBurlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue of prints and books illustrating the history of engraving in Japan (n. p., 1888)Charlotte M. Salwey, Painters of Japan, vols. 1-2 (n. p., 1930)Crosby Stuart Noyes, The Noyes collection of Japanese prints, drawing (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906)Edouard Clavery, L’art des estampes Japonaises en couleurs [in French] (Paris: Le Génie Français/Les Presses Modernes, 1935), presented by Edouard Clavery to the Japan Society London in March 1930Edward F. Strange, Colour Prints of Japan: An Appreciation and History (London: A. Siegle, 1906)Edward F. Strange, Hokusai (London: A. Siegle, 1906)Edward F. Strange, Tools and materials illustrating the Japanese method of colour-printing: a descriptive catalogue of a collection exhibited in the museum (London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office/V&A, 1913)Edward F. Strange, Japanese theatre: catalogue of the exhibition of Japanese theatrical art (London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office/V&A, 1912)Edward F. Strange, Japanese colour prints (London: V&A, 1923) dedicated to J.S. Pather from Edward F. StrangeEdward S. Morse, Reviews from the New York Nation, Boston Transcript and New York Studio of the Work of James L. Bowes Esq., entitled Japanese Pottery (Salem: Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., 1891)Edward S. Morse, Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery (Cambridge: Riverside Press/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1900)Emile Javal, Estampes Japonais d’Hiroshige: collection du Docteur Ancelet (n. p., 1934)Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, Review of the Chapter on Painting in L’Art Japonais by Louis Gonse (n. p., 1894), donated by F. T. Piggott in February 1894Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, Epochs of Chinese and Japanese art, vol 1-2 (London: William Heinemann, 1912)Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, The masters of Ukiyoe: Japanese paintings and colour prints of the genre school (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1896), donated by Charlie Morse in 1896Ernest Satow, Korean Potters in Satsuma (Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan, 1878), donated by Ernest SatowFrank Brinkley, Description of ‘The Brinkley Collection’ of Antique Japanese, Chinese and Korean Porcelain, Pottery and Faience (New York: Art Gallery of Edward Greey, 1885)Frederick W. Gookin, Catalogue of Japanese colour pints: Clarence Buckingham collection (Chicago, 1915)Frederick W. Gookin, Catalogue of Japanese colour prints: Alex Rouart collection (n. p., 1922)Friedrich Perzynski, Vortrag uber den japanischen Farbenholzschnitt [in German] (Bremen: Franz Leuwer, 1908)Friedrich Perzynski, Hokusai [in German] (Bielefeld and Leipzig: Delhagen & Hlasing, 1908)Friedrich Perzynski, Der japanischer Farbenholzschnitte [in German] (Marquardt, 1903)Fritz E. Lowenstein, Die Handzeichnungen der Japanischen Holzschnittmeister [in German] (Dresden: C. F. Schulz & Co., 1922)George A. Audsley (ed. J.L. Bowes), Keramic art of Japan (London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1881), donated by J.L. BowesH. Seymour Trower, Netsukés and Okimonos (n. p., 1889), donated by H. Seymour TrowerHans Spörry, Das Stempelwesen in Japan [in German] (Zürich: F. Lohbauer, 1901)Henri Focillon  Hokousai [in French](Paris: Félix Alcan, 1914)Hiroshi Yoshida  Estampes Japonaises [in French] (R. W. P. de Vries, 1911)J.E. Darmon, Repertoire des Estampes Japonaises [in French] (Morance, 1922)James Orange Catalogue of a small collection of Japanese lacquer (Hong Kong: James Orange 1907), presented by James Orange in 1908James Bowes, Japanese pottery with notes & illustrations (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1890), presented by James Bowes to the Japan Society LondonJames Bowes, A vindication of the decorated pottery of Japan (Liverpool, 1891), presented by James Bowes to the Japan Society LondonJohn Hilditch, Illustrated catalogue of Chinese & Japanese Paintings (n. p., 1910)Julius  Brinckmann, Japanese colour prints & other engravings in the collection of Sir Otto Beit (London: Chiswick Press, 1924), presented to the Japan Society London with compliments Otto Bart., K. C. M. G.Julius Kurth, Sharaku [in German] (München: R. Piper & Co., 1910)Julius Kurth, Utamaro [in German] (Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1907)Kenji Toda, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1931)Kenneth Dingwall  The Derivation of some Kakiemon Designs on Porcelain (London: Ernest Benn, 1926), presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, D.O.S. and numbered 88/100 copies, given with the author's complimentsMarcus B. Huish, A Glimpse of Old Japan as seen in the work of certain of its artists in lacquer, metal work and carvings in the collection of Marcus B. Huish (London: n. p., 1892), donated by Marcus B. Huish in 1893 )Mortimer Menpes Catalogue of paintings, drawings and etchings of Japan (London: Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, 1888)Noritané Ninagawa, Kwan-ko-dzu-Setsu: Notice Historique et Descriptive sur les Arts et Industries Japonais art ceramique [in French] (Tokyo: H. Ahrens & Co., 1876), donated by Ernest Mason SatowOskar Munsterberg, Ostasiatisches Kunstgewerbe in Seinen Beziehungen zu Europa (Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1895)Paul Andre Lemoisne, L’Estampe Japonaise [in French] (Laurens, 1914)Phillipe MBurty, La poterie et la porcelaine au Japon [in French] (Paris: A. Quantin, 1885)Romyn Hitchcock, The Preparation of Japanese Lacquer and the Manufacture of Wakasa Lacquer Ware (United States National Museum, 1889)S. Bing, Estampes d’Outamaro et de Hiroshighé [in French] (n. p., 1893)T. Tokuno, Japanese wood-cutting & wood-cut printing (Washington DC: Government Printing Office/Smithsonian Institution, 1894)Theodore Duret, L’art japonais: les livres illustrés-les albums imprimés (Paris: A. Quantin, 1882)Theodore Duret, Livres et Albums Illustrés du Japon (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1900)Ugo Alfonso Casal, Japanese Art-Lacquers (n. p., 1907)William Cohn, Stilanalysen als Einführung in Die Japanische Malerei [in German] (Berlin: Oesterheld & Co., 1908)William Anderson  Japanese wood engravings: their history, technique and characteristics (London: Seeley and Co., 1895)Yone Noguchi, Hiroshige and Japanese Landscapes (Tokyo: Maruzen, 1934)Yuko Watanabe,Types Japonaises: Quarante Planches Dessinées et Lithographiées [in French] (Tokyo, 1886)[Anon.] (ed. Shugio Hiromichi), Catalogue of a collection of oil paintings, watercolour drawings and oriental art objects belonging to T. E. Waggaman (Washington, 1896), donated by Shugio Hiromichi on 20 March 1893[Anon.] (ed. Gookin Frederick W.), Descriptive catalogue of Japanese colour prints: the collection of Alexander G. Mosle (Leipzig: privately published, 1927)[Anon.], Exhibition of Japanese prints 1926: Yamanaka and co. (London: Yamanaka & Co., 1926)[Anon.] (ed. Bing Samuel), Exposition de la Gravure Japonaise a L’École Nationale des Beaux-arts: Catalogue (Paris, 1890), donated by Bing Samuel in February 1893[Anon.], Arts de l’Extreme-Orient (Paris, 1897)[Anon.], Précieuse collection d’estampes Japonaises (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1896)[Anon.] (ed. Bing Samuel), Catalogue of Japanese engravings: an important collection of old prints in colour (New York: American Art Association, 1894)Condition reportOverall the bindings to the books are in fair condition.
[Anon.] (ed. Bing Samuel), Exposition de la Gravure Japonaise a L’École Nationale des Beaux-arts: Catalogue (Paris, 1890), donated by Bing Samuel in February 1893; the bindings are in poor condition.
The pamphlets have well-worn covers, with small tears, small areas lacking, and some tape repairs.
All the books, journals and pamphlets have library stamps, some collection labels and library numbers stuck to the spines. 
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