Zodiac Beasts and Distant Cousins

Japanese Netsuke for Connoisseurs

1993
216 pages; 105 colour plates
Out of stock*

The full-colour, hardback follow-up to "Serious Art" illustrates 99 fine netsuke using much the same format, in a total of 300 multi-angle illustrations. The range of works is from good to very important; one highlight of the selection is the grouping of twelve superb naturalistic wood zodiac animals, each carved by either Ikkan or Tomokazu.

*a handful of copies can be located so please enquire if interested.