Alan Scott Pate

Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo

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Produktbeschreibung

Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo, is a wealth of information for Japanese art collectors, Asian doll collectors and doll enthusiasts of all levels and interests. Full of beautiful photographs, the book details 18 kinds of widely collected, obtainable and affordable, antique and vintage dolls and figurines (ningyo). Author Alan Scott Pate—the leading American expert on Japanese dolls—writes in illuminating detail about the traditions of each type of doll and shares practical tips on how to collect this amazing Japanese art form. Included in this guide to Japanese ningyo are: * Festival dolls: hina-ningyo, musha-ningyo, tableau dolls * Display dolls: saga-ningyo, gosho-ningyo, isho-ningyo, iki-ningyo * Wood dolls: kamo-ningyo, nara-ningyo, kokeshi-ningyo * Clay dolls: fushimi-ningyo, hakata-ningyo * Mechanical dolls: karakuri-ningyo, kobe-ningyo * Theatrical dolls: bunraku-ningyo, takeda-ningyo * Play dolls: ichimatsu-ningyo, keue saiko

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 312mm x 233mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1571g
• ISBN-13: 9780804849777
• ISBN-10: 0804849773
• Artikelnr.: 48455239

Autorenporträt

Alan Scott Pate was born in Florida and studied in France, Korea, and the United States. He has an MA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. He is the owner of Akanezumiya in St Ignatius, Montana, which specializes in religious and figural art of Japan from the Edo period and earlier. The leading expert on Japanese dolls in the US, he has curated exhibitions, lectured extensively on Japanese dolls, and published widely in journals focusing on Japanese antiques.