Japan: Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures

Christopher Dresser, an architect and ornamentist by training, turns his attention to Japan's buildings and its decorative art. He brings practical knowledge of many production methods to the subject, and he comments on how objects were made as well as how they look.

The book presents his observations on architectural buildings and on Japanese art, and it includes photographs and drawings that he commissioned. Readers interested in Japanese design, the decorative arts and the history of craftsmanship will find it a useful visual record of how one designer of his background saw Japanese buildings and objects.

This Routledge edition, first published in 2001, carries the ISBN-13 9780710306869.