Author: Kress, E.
Title: Meeting Once More: Inro and Their Design Drawings
Description: Leiden. Heinz Kaempfer Fund. 1999. First Edition. Octavo. Soft Cover. Very good: Slight discolouration to the cover. 103 pages, numerous colour and b/w illustrations. This volume takes a closer look at the source of inro designs drawn from Japanese woodblock prints and ehon picture books. Using the Leiden style album (orihon) now belonging to the National Museum of Ethnology and formerly to a famous Dutch collector Ferdinandus Lieftinck, here we can see the artist's original source of design and its matching final products, as well as the artistic and design analysis. From the Oliver Impey library.

Keywords: Japan Japanese Netsuke Inro Lacquer