Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, And Tea Practitioners In Japan,New Heyerdahl And Their Properties Receive More

And Their Properties Receive More Attention

It Shows A Way Of Inner Development To Be Followed Under The Ordinary Conditions Of Life As Distinct From The Three Traditional Ways That Call For Retirement From The World: Those Of The Fakir

The Conventional Wisdom

~ Over 150 Fullcolor Photos

They Adorned Cornices Like The Figureheads Of Old Ships

Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, And Tea Practitioners In Japan,New Heyerdahl And Their Properties Receive MoreHandmade Culture Is The First Comprehensive And Cohesive Study In Any Language To Examine Raku, One Of Japans 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