Japanese toys : playing with history / photographs by Kiyoshi Sonobe ; original text by Kazuya Sakamoto [and Tekiho Nishizawa] ; translated and adapted by Charles A. Pomeroy.

Main entry:

Sonobe, Kiyoshi, 1921-1996, photographer.

Title & Author:

Japanese toys : playing with history / photographs by Kiyoshi Sonobe ; original text by Kazuya Sakamoto [and Tekiho Nishizawa] ; translated and adapted by Charles A. Pomeroy.

Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : Bijutsu Shuppan-sha ; Rutland, Vermont : Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., [1965]
©1965

Description:

516 pages : (chiefly illustrations, maps, plates (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Nihon no kyōdo gangu.
Includes index.

Summary:

Survey of toys as an art form from various parts of Japan. Various techniques and the materials ranging from porcelain to papier-mache are presented.

Subject:

Toys.
Folk art Japan.
Jouets.
toys (recreational artifacts)
Folk art
Play and Playthings
Japan

Form/genre:

Pictorial works

Added entries:

Sakamoto, Kazuya, 1923- author.
Nishizawa, Tekiho, 1889-1965, author.
Pomeroy, Charles, translator, adapter.

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 76486
Call No.: NK493.S6213 1965 (ID:92B589)
Status: Available

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