"Collecting Japanese Antiques"(Author Alistair Seton):Japanese arts and crafts have intrigued and delighted Westerners, especially lacquer, screens, swords, and porcelain. More recently, woodblock prints, netsuke, inrO, furniture, cloisonne, decorative metalwork and sculpture, textiles, and studio pottery have attracted interest.

"Collecting Japanese Antiques"(Author Alistair Seton):From the time Japan commenced trading with the West in the sixteenth century, Japanese arts and crafts have intrigued and delighted Westerners, especially lacquer, screens, swords, and porcelain. More recently, woodblock prints, netsuke, inrO, furniture, cloisonne, decorative metalwork and sculpture, textiles, and studio pottery have attracted interest. Collecting Japanese Antiques provides background information on what makes Japanese aesthetics and art so different, as well as practical andcautionary advice on evaluation, purchase, restoration, and price trends. "Collecting Japanese Antiques":Investment guidelines brief new and would-be enthusiasts on the basics of collecting, while offering comments and guidance that might reawaken interest in experienced collectors.

Japan's Art Heritage

Collecting for Fun and with Wisdom

Screens and Scrolls

Ukiyo-e and Other Prints

Sagemono

Ceramics

Furniture

Textiles

Lacquerware

Cloisonne

Sculpture and Metalwork

Swords and Armor

Tea Ceremony Utensils

Dolls

Flower Baskets

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments