ニュース/News
■2016.05.24
[CARPET EXHIBITION] ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PERSIAN CARPET ASSOCIATION IN JAPAN
A unique opportunity to enjoy the finest collection of Persian carpets in Japan.
The carpets come from all over and in many shapes and materials.
Place: Iranian Embassy, Ambassador’s residence
Address: 3-10-32 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 15 minutes from Hiroo Station on the Hibiya Line
10 minutes from Shiorkane-Takanawa Station on the Mita and Namboku lines.
Date: May 28 , 29 , 30 (Sat., Sun., & Mon.)
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Free admission
■2015.08.30
Persian Carpets of the 20th Century, published through the cooperation of the Persian Carpet Association in Japan
This survey of the evolution of modern Persian carpets is written by Kenichi Kawasaki, the leading authority in Japan on Persian carpets, and Yasuo Manabe, and published by K&M Product Planning Center.
The preparation of the book was enabled by extensive cooperation from the Persian Carpet Association in Japan. Each of the 100 carpets in the book is an antique owned by a member of the association.
These gems of culture and craft clearly stand out from the flow throughout history of ordinary goods which are consumed and disappear, and we are indebted to everyone in the Association for the roles they have played in the preservation of these masterpieces in our time.
The book took about a year and a half from conception to publication. No other book has delved systematically into the formation and evolution of Persian carpets in the 20th century, neither in the home country, Iran, nor anywhere else. This will thus be an indispensable work both for lovers of Persian carpets and for the many professionals involved in the carpet trade.
We hope you enjoy this opportunity to come in touch with masterpieces of the Persian carpet tradition, and to journey through their modern history.
Publication Data
Title: Persian Carpets of the 20th Century
An illustrated survey of Persian carpets from the 1880s to the 1970s (late Qajar and Pahlavi periods)
Subtitle: 100 Years, 100 Masterpieces
Authors: Kenichi Kawasaki, Yasuo Manabe
Publisher: K&M Product Planning Center
4th Floor, Tani Building, 2-1-2 Tsuriganecho, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0035, Japan
Tel. 06-6941-0477, Fax 06-6941-0469
Production Support: Persian Carpet Association in Japan
Format: Hardcover, A4 size, 280 pages
Price: \9000 (excluding taxes), shipping included
Contents
The Modern Persian Carpet and Its Development 30
Pictorial Record
Late Qajar Period, 1880s-1910s 41
Early Pahlavi Period, 1920s-1930s 81
Middle Pahlavi Period, 1940s-1950s 121
Late Pahlavi Period, 1940s-1950s 209
Persian Carpet Patterns and their Evolution 250
Afterword 274
List of Carpets 276
Bibliography 278
Acknowledgments 279
