Main entry:

Pate, Alan Scott, author.

Title & Author:

Kanban : traditional shop signs of Japan / Alan Scott Pate.

Publication:

San Diego, CA : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Description:

175 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Rob Sidner -- Introduction. The neon scramble -- Kanban: sign of the times -- Fingerprints of the artisan. Visual records -- Scenes in and around the capital -- Woodblock prints -- The kanban of Nihonbashi -- The way of the merchant -- Kanban and kabuki: product placement and the Edo stage -- Collectors and collections. The Sugiura Collection -- The Peabody Essex Museum Collection -- The Showa Neon Takamura Kanban Museum Collection -- Categorizing Kanban: the catalogue. Medicine -- Tobacco shops -- Mokei Kanban: shop signs as sculpture -- Yoki Kanban: container shop signs -- Consumer goods: Kanban and daily necessities -- Kanban and speciality trades -- Kanban and pastimes.

Summary:

"Kanban, a fusion of art and commerce, refers to the traditional signs Japanese merchants displayed on the streets to advertise their presence, denote the products and services to be found inside, as well as to give individual identity and expression to the shop itself. This book will trace the history of the shop sign in Japan, explore some of the businesses and trades represented, and help the reader travel back to the world of traditional Japan, made emblematic in the fascinating world of kanban"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780691176475 (hardback)
0691176477 (hardback)

Subject:

Honʼyaku iin shachū Japan
Signs and signboards Japan.
Commercial art Japan.
Shop signs.
Art, Japanese.
Tenrankaikatarogu
Art publicitaire Japon.
Art japonais.
ART History General.
Commercial art.
Signs and signboards.
Firmenschild
Kunst
Japan.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295319
Call No.: BIB 241477
Status: Available