Odd Men Out

Unique works by individualist Japanese artists

1998
190 pages; 98 colour plates
£85 + shipping

A hardback full-colour catalogue, beautifully produced, illustrating 69 special and individual works of painting, sculpture, ceramic, lacquer, fancy metalwork and a striking selection of pipecases and their sagemono, inro and netsuke (and more) in various materials. Apart from the observation that several of the works included are quite important and exciting, the title says it all. There are 142 colour illustrations, a few black-and-white detail photographs and a map.