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Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes Straus and Giroux suggests a radical departure fromA Japan Society Publication Japanese craftsmen, fusing a love of natural materials like wood, bamboo, and clay with an eye for bold, essential form, elevated the design of utilitarian objects to an art unparalleled elsewhere in the world. Today the finest of these objects created for daily use are hugely popular and eminently collectible. This richly illustrated book, which accompanies a major exhibition organized by the Japan Society, is divided by