The Ceramic Art of Japan. Hugo Münsterberg

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      The Ceramic Art of Japan

      Frontispiece. Vase by Kawai Kanjiro. Showa period. Yuasa collection, Tokyo.

      HUGO MUNSTERBERG

      The Ceramic Art of Japan

      A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY

       Rutland, Vermont Tokyo, Japan

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      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

      with editorial offices at Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      Copyright in Japan, 1964, by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      All rights reserved

      Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 63-20586

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1309-1 (ebook)

      First edition, 1964

       Fourth printing, 1983

      PRINTED IN JAPAN

      To Bernard Leach

       whose life and work

       has been a bridge

       between East and West

      Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
	Periods in Japanese Art History
	Map of Kiln Locations in Japan
1	On Collecting Japanese Ceramics
2	The Appreciation of Japanese Ceramics
3	Types of Ware, Uses, and Seals
4	The Ceramics of the Prehistoric Period
5	The Beginnings of the Japanese Ceramic Industry
6	The Tea-Ceremony Wares of the Momoyama Period
7	Japanese Porcelain
8	The Pottery of the Edo Period
9	Japanese Folk Pottery
10	Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
	Bibliography
	Index

      List of Illustrations

COLOR PLATES
Frontispiece. Vase by Kawai Kanjiro, Showa period	4
1.	Oribe covered dish, Momoyama period	27
2.	Bizen jar, Momoyama period	35
3.	Imari figure of an actor, early Edo period	41
4.	Kakiemon figure of a lady, early Edo period	47
5.	Nabeshima plate, middle Edo period	53
6.	Ko-Kutani plate, early Edo period	59
7.	Kenzan bowl in shape of a basket, middle Edo period	65
8.	Banko ewer, middle Edo period	89
9.	Fujina tea bowl, late Edo period	101
10.	Onda teapot, Showa period	139
11.	Shiraishi casserole, Showa period	145
12.	Shigaraki teapot, Showa period	187
13.	Hongo plate,