Bamboo
$30.00
By Robert Austin & Ueda Koichiro; Photographs by Dana Levy.
This large, handsome book covers everything you may wish to know about the versatile bamboo family, with a special focus on its role in Japanese culture. Chapters cover the plant’s ecology, horticulture and lore; and its use in architecture, utilitarian objects, and art. Extensive photo essays delve into the fan-maker’s craft, the creation of bows and arrows, bamboo flutes (shakuhachi), ikebana baskets, and that most Japanese of utensils, the matcha tea whisk (chasen). In excellent, used condition.
Weatherhill, 1970. 215 pages, 12 x 8.5 inches.