Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan

By Christopher Dresser

An extremely important English Victorian commercial and industrial designer, Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) traveled at length in nineteenth-century Japan. His excursions resulted in this excellent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486279928
• ISBN13: 9780486279923
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Evocative, intelligent, interesting.

Fascinating, evocative, and illuminating. It is almost as though we were with Christopher Dresser in Japan in 1877. He sketches, describes, and lives in Japan of the 19th Century. Tying together art, architecture, and religious symbols, he educates us about the sources and inspirations of Japanese (and other Asian) art and decoration. What a wonderful book for anyone interested in history, art, architecture, Japan, or good writing. His description of his first Japanese meal is a kick, also. Don't miss this one.

Fascinating, evocative, and illuminating.

It is almost as though we were with Christopher Dresser in Japan in 1877. He sketches, describes, and lives in the Japan of the 19th century. Tying together the art, architecture, and religious symbols, he educates us about the sources and inspirations of Japanese (and other Asian) art and decoration. What a wonderful book for anyone interested in history, art, architecture, Japan, or good writing. His description of his first Japanese meal is a kick, also. Don't miss this one.