Nezu Bijutsukan shin zōhinsen

Abstract

"The newest catalogue, Masterpieces from the Nezu Collection, New Edition, will consist of twelve volumes, organized by field. The information in it will reflect recent research and will be presented in a straightforward, accessible manner. [...] Lacquerware, the fourth volume in this series, brings together and reorganizes works in the Decorative Art and The Arts of the Tea Ceremony volumes of the four-volume Catalogue of Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection (2001). New works have been included as well. The eighty-nine works, which include five Important Cultural Properties, have been carefully selected from our extensive collection, which offers an overview of principle lacquer techniques, and organized by technique"-- Preface, Kōichi Nezu (page [e-3]).