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UMESAWA Tadao / KAWAZOE Noboru / SATO Tatsuzo. Katsura Imperial Villa (1961)



UMESAWA Tadao / KAWAZOE Noboru / SATO Tatsuzo. Katsura Rikyu / The Katsura Imperial Villa. Kyoto / Tokyo : Tanko Shinsha, Showa 40 (1965). — AVAILABLE: see STOCKLIST for pricing

Description — 8° (21.5 x 15,5 x 2 cm), (174)-96 p., 500 g.
Hardcover, pict. dj, color front., 154 b&w pictures (photogravure), 3 p. of maps. Text in Japanese. Introduction (Kiyoshi YOKOI) and captions also in English.
Cartonné, jaquette ill., frontis. coul., 154 photographies n&b (héliogravure), 3 p. de cartes. Texte en japonais. Introduction (YOKOI Kiyoshi) et légendes également en anglais.

État / Condition — VG / TB.

Remarques & avis / Review — A fine and subtle panorama of the Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto) by Tatsuzo SATO, who had been taking pictures of the villa for more than a decade, followed by an essay by the Japanese ethnologist Tadao UMESAWA and the architecture critic Noboru KAWAZOE. A great attention to details, lines, materials and structures, and pictures excellently rendered by quality photogravure.

Un bel et subtil panorama de la Villa impériale Katsura (Kyoto) par SATO Tatsuzo, qui photographiait la villa depuis plus d'une décennie, suivi d'un essai de l'ethnologue japonais UMESAWA Tadao et du critique architectural KAWAZOE Noboru. Une grande attention portée aux détails, lignes, matières et structures, et l'excellent rendu de l' héliogravure.

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