Inro: Japanese Belt Ornaments: The Trumpf Collection

Hardback

Main Details

Title Inro: Japanese Belt Ornaments: The Trumpf Collection
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Edited by Uta Werrlich
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 295,Width 220
Category/GenreOriental art
Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
Antiques and collectables
ISBN/Barcode 9783897904446
ClassificationsDewey:739.278
Audience
General
Illustrations 140 Illustrations, black and white; 571 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Arnoldsche
Imprint Arnoldsche
Publication Date 20 April 2016
Publication Country Germany

Description

The richly illustrated publication presents about 250 Inro from the Anna and Christian Trumpf collection. These small, multipartite receptacles for seals and medicine, which were attached to a belt with the aid of a toggle (Netsuke), came into use in the sixteenth century and remained a prominent accessory in Japanese menswear until the late nineteenth century. The symbolic, often narrative decoration conveys a valuable insight into Japanese culture. Today the carefully and lovingly worked, mostly lacquered Inro enjoy enormous popularity in collectors' circles. Following the inventory of the Trumpfs' significant Netsuke collection published in 2000, another comprehensively annotated standard work on Japanese belt decoration has now arrived. Text in English and German.

Author Biography

Dr Uta Werlich is curator at the Lindenmuseum Stuttgart and responsible for the collections of Far East Asia.