[Rarebooks] FS: No Robes & Masks in the Tokugawa Collection

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “The Tokugawa Collection of No Robes and Masks”

By Yoshinobu Tokugawa.
Published in New York by The Japan Society in 1977.

DISCUSSION: Centuries ago, Japan's famous Tokugawa family, among the most
powerful families in Japan from 1603 to 1868, made the No drama their
special focus in the arts, elevating the form to the status of National
institution, and commissioning robes and masks of great beauty. This
beautiful, oversized exhibition catalog showcases rarely-seen examples,
loaned from the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya.

"The Tokugawa Art Museum is a private art museum [whose] collection
contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and
masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, calligraphy, and
paintings from the Chinese Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368). Unlike many
private museums in Japan, which are based on collections assembled in the
modern era by corporations or entrepreneurs, the Tokugawa Art Museum
houses the hereditary collection of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan,
which ruled the Owari Domain in what is now Aichi Prefecture. The museum
is operated by the Owari Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation, which was founded
in 1931 by Yoshichika Tokugawa (1886–1976), 19th head of the Owari clan,
in order to preserve the clan's priceless collection of art objects,
furnishings, and heirlooms. The main building of the museum was
constructed in the 1930s in a classic Japanese style with western
elements. The permanent exhibition is housed in a historical reproduction
of the living quarters of the Owari daimyō, allowing visitors to view
the objects as they were actually used in settings such as a Japanese
tea-house or Noh stage."

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 10"x14", 276 pages, color and black & white
illustrations, slipcased.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, stamp on the cardboard case, but otherwise
clean and nice, with a tight binding.

PRICE: $65 -

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