Louis Lawrence’s second book on Satsuma ware, after his 1991 study, with an introduction by Gisela Jahn, photography by Mark Lawrence, editing by Morven Gray and design by Rosanne Chan (CA Design, Hong Kong). It is a hardcover of 264 pages, 8⅞ × 11½ in. Booksellers describe more than 280 photographs of over 100 pieces, most of them previously unpublished, and a directory of more than 300 photographed signatures. Yabu Meizan appears on pp. 24–25, 31, 35–47, 63–68, 148–151, 166–169, 178, 222–224, 241–242 and in Appendix 2 (pp. 252–253). The appendix reprints a Manchester Guardian report of 15 October 1891 on a visit to Meizan’s Osaka studio.
Imprint: the book’s own title verso gives Meiji Satsuma Publications. AbeBooks lists the publisher as CA Design, the Hong Kong design and production house, which also sells the book as product code BCB0033. Both are given here.
Cite as: Lawrence, Louis. Satsuma: The Romance of Japan. Meiji Satsuma Publications, 2011 (produced by CA Design, Hong Kong). ISBN 978-962-7502-79-1.