Explore the beauty of Old Japan

A compendium of historic and contemporary artist buttons and buckles and the stories of about the Floating World, folktales, and figures that inspired their creation.

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The definitive book on Satsuma buttons and buckles

  • 935 color images

  • 145 stories about old Japan

  • 358 pages

  • Two maps and 36 artist’s marks

  • Hardcover with dust jacket

  • Printed on Heidelberg presses