Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan

by Morgan Pitelka

Book Overview

Handmade Culture is the first comprehensive and cohesive study in any language to examine Raku, one of Japan's most famous arts and a pottery technique practiced around the world. More than a history of ceramics, this innovative work considers four centuries of cultural invention and reinvention during times of both political stasis and socioeconomic upheaval. It combines scholarly erudition with an accessible story through its lively and lucid prose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824829700
• ISBN13: 9780824829704
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.2"