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New York.: Weatherhill/Heibonsha.. 1972.. Colour and black and white illustrations, 162pp, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, dustjacket little torn and slightly worn, very light foxing on edges, still a very good copy. This engaging book, generously illustrated with 39 photographs in full colour and 130 in black and white, devotes itself chiefly to the four artists whose work represents the decorative painting of the Edo period at its finest: Hon'ami Koetsu, who invested Japanese art with new and forceful concepts of design; Tawaraya Sotatsu and Ogata Korin, who were inspired by these concepts to reach unparralled levels of attainment in vigorous and colourful composition; and Ogata Kenzan, who carried the concepts over into the art of ceramics with no less exciting effect. Publisher's description. .