Cardozo, Sidney B. and Masaaki Hirano; Juliet Winters Carpenter, translator — Uncommon Clay

TOkyo, Japan, Kodansha International, 1987. First Edtion Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Published first as The Art of Rosanjin. Brilliant laminated card-stock wrappers, illustrated, in gate-fold. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Sidney B. Cardozo contributes a fine and engaging personal history of the Japanese poet, artist and ceramicist, then followe 57 pp. of fine plates, and then chapters devoted to pottery, flowers and tea, calligraphy and painting, food and other random thoughts. [6], 7-163 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine