NAMIKI BOOK "The poignant beauty of fragile things" by Jean-François Canton

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You are bidding on a rare and important book by
Jean-François CANTON
NAMIKI The poignant beauty of fragile things
English Version
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Brand:
Namiki
Author:
J.F.
Canton
Title:
The Poignant beauty of fragile things
Language:
English
Dimensions:
2
9.6 cm x 23.4 cm x 3 cm
Weight:
1908g
Wonderful book by Jean-François Canton, remarkable testimony of his Asian art love, he shares with us his passion for exceptional Namiki pens.
300 pages of pure magic, photos of a rare aesthetic,with amazing close up, the pen is no longer a simple writing instrument but the support of an ancestral tradition and the historical memory of a civilization. If the author is an experienced collector, he collects the pieces of a puzzle in which each part is a legend or a habit coming from the Japanese past. He has constantly explored each scene to tell you all the secrets and take you with him on the complex ways of the lacquer art.
CONTENTS
Preface by Christophe LARQUEMIN
Chapter 1
/ Love
Murasaki Shikibu
Mandarin ducks
Goose and flowers
Royal Court Carriage in Wisteria
Setsugekka
Noshi, forever linked
Entwined birds
Beauties of the floating world
Chapter 2
/ The Nation
Samurai, the way of the bow
Namban, Southern barbarians
Eagle over the sea
Tang landscape, mountain water
Daybreak over Kyoto
Toki
The treasure, preacious things
Sakura and the rose
Sails of Holland
White heron, blue heron
Tsuba
Chapter 3
/ Faiths and legends
Hanya, wrath and vengeance
Kujaku, the peacock
Hyoutan Namazu
Gods of wind and god of thunder
Shi Shi
Golden pavilion
Ryu dragon
White tiger
Tiger in bamboo forest
Carp
Chapter 4
/ Time passing
Asagao, morning glory
Colza flowers
Dragonflies
Apricot tree and warbler
Fireflies
Early autumn
Chrysanthenum
Cherry blossoms
Cranes
Three friends of winter
Chapter 5
/ Impressions of Yamato
Elegance of Bugaku dancers
Elegance: Kai-awase
Pavilion nightscape
Boating under cherry trees in bloom
Shite, Noh character
Polar bear
Kingfisher
Autumn chant
Butterfly and peony
Senmen Chirashi, scattered fans
Eastern fence
Mountain retreat
Irises
Shirasagi, the white egret
Mountain pagoda
About the Author (from the back cover):
Born in Vietnam in 1951, Jean-François CANTON has travelled between France and Asia throughout his life. In the 1970s he worked in Asian financial markets. In 1986 he created a Paris-based asset management group specializing in long-term capital investment on behalf of French and International Corporations.
Mr Canton has travelled extensively in Southeast Asia and Japan for his work. Over his time in Japan, he grew increasingly appreciative of the Archipelago's rich and singular culture and of the art of lacquer. His attention was particularly drawn to the timeless beauty of the pens created over nearly one hundred years by the artists of Namiki, a small subsidiary of the Pilot Group. He was fascinated by the virtuosity and sensivity with which they have been bringing to life scenes inspired by the literary and spiritual heritage of China and Japan.
It is Mr CANTON convinction that Japan is the only major industrial Country that has succeeded in straving off the negative aspects of ubiquitous cultural globalization.
He finds it indispensable to immerse himself at leat once a year in the atmosphere of the sacred sites of Kyoto, Nara or the Shinto shrine of Ise.
ISBN 978-2-9543443-0-0
pp. 298
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