Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan

"This is a book that brings the past into conversation with the present, inspiring the reader with its insights into possibilities for the future." * Monumenta Nipponica *
"This is lavish for a such a concise book, and enables the argument to be carried forward by the visual materials. Overall, the study should become essential reading for scholars of early modern Japan and of Japanese art and culture, as well as historians of science and technology in East Asia." * H-Net *
"The precise descriptions and accessible prose of this book bely the painstaking research of the material, visual, and textual archives, not to mention the author's deep knowledge of craft theory and the practices of each regional craft for which Japan is famous: carpentry, lacquerware, papermaking, ramie, silk, and cotton textiles, ceramics, and swordsmithy."
* Revista de Libros *
"By virtue of both its contents and its form, the book is a welcome addition to the field of early modern Japanese art history that constitutes an original and invaluable resource for scholars and students alike." * Project Muse *
"Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan transports readers to the realities of the women, men, and groups dedicated to craft in its manifold iterations in the dynamic early modern Japanese world." * The Journal of Modern Craft *
"This book is very well conceived so that each chapter introduces a different aspect of how craft culture functioned in society. The writing is clear and jargon-free; packed with insights and information useful for both specialists and non-specialists."
* The English Historical Review *