{"product_id":"2940150369443","title":"Chats on Japanese Prints (Illustrated)","description":"TO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFREDERICK WILLIAM GOOKIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOWARD MANSFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCUSTODIANS, APPRAISERS, AND LOVERS OF BEAUTY\u003cbr\u003eAs chosen guests we may partake Of this strange hostel's ancient wine. For thirst no common drink can slake Tapsters of lineage divine Here pour sweet anodyne.\u003cbr\u003eThe hurly-burly of the road, The turmoil of the carters' feet, Intrude not to this still abode Where travellers from the world-ends meet, And find the gathering sweet.\u003cbr\u003eHence may perhaps some secret gleam Follow along our onward way, From evening feast with lords of dream, As we go forth into the grey To-morrow's cloudy day. {11}\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor assistance of many kinds in preparing this book the thanks of the author are gratefully offered to Mr. Frederick William Gookin, Mr. Howard Mansfield, Mr. William S. Spaulding, Mr. John T. Spaulding, Mr. Judson D. Metzgar, Mr. Charles H. Chandler, Mr. John Stewart Happer, Col. Henry Appleton, Mrs. Arthur Aldis, Mr. Ernest Oberholtzer, and Mr. Charles August Ficke. Though many obligations must perforce go unacknowledged, it would be improper to fail to state indebtedness to the writings of Von Seidlitz, Bing, Huish, Anderson, Strange, Binyon, Gookin, Kurth, Morrison, Happer, Koechlin, Vignier, Succo, Field, De Goncourt, Okakura, Edmunds, Perzynski, Wright, Fenollosa, and De Becker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany collectors have kindly allowed their prints to be used for illustration in this book. That all the examples are from American collections is due to considerations of convenience, not to any notion of their superiority. All prints not credited to another owner are from the collection of the author. The other collections from which illustrations are drawn are as follows:—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Spaulding (William S. and John T.), Boston, Massachusetts.{12}\u003cbr\u003e    Gookin (Frederick W.), Chicago, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e    Mansfield (Howard), New York.\u003cbr\u003e    Chandler (Charles H.), Evanston, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e    Metzgar (Judson D.), Moline, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e    Ainsworth (Miss Mary), Moline, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour of the poems herein printed appeared first in The Little Review. A number of the others are from the author's book \"Twelve Japanese Painters.\" Most of the photographs here reproduced were prepared by Mr. J. H. Paarman, Miss Sarah G. Foote-Sheldon, and Mr. J. D. Metzgar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavenport, Iowa, U.S.A.{13}\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e PAGE\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE 11\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY 19\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003eI. PRELIMINARY SURVEY 23\u003cbr\u003eII. CONDITIONS PRECEDING THE RISE OF PRINT DESIGNING 47\u003cbr\u003eIII. THE FIRST PERIOD: THE PRIMITIVES 61\u003cbr\u003eIV. THE SECOND PERIOD: THE EARLY POLYCHROME MASTERS 125\u003cbr\u003eV. THE THIRD PERIOD: KIYONAGA AND HIS FOLLOWERS 205\u003cbr\u003eVI. THE FOURTH PERIOD: THE DECADENCE 255\u003cbr\u003eVII. THE FIFTH PERIOD: THE DOWNFALL 347\u003cbr\u003eVIII. THE COLLECTOR 401\u003cbr\u003e INDEX 449","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073271611632,"sku":"2940150369443","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150369443_p0.jpg?v=1763743188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150369443","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}