Classic Stoneware of Japan: Shino and Oribe

by Ryoji Kuroda and Takeshi Murayama

Though Japan today has become one of the world's most industrialized, mechanized, and computerized nations, it still boasts one of the world's richest and most fascinating ceramic traditions.

Two of the country's most remarkable styles of pottery are Shino and Oribe, both originating in ancient Mino Province (modern-day Gifu Prefecture) from the time of Japan's artistic "renaissance" in the late sixteenth century.

Oribe ware is one of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770028970
• ISBN13: 9784770028976
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.3" x 7.8"