This book is a highly unique art book that reveals goldfish both as an element of Japanese culture and as an influential design motif over the last 500 years.
| notes: | Includes the novella “A riot of goldfish” (Kingyo ryoran) by Kanoko Okamoto, translated by J. Keith Vincent. |
| subjects: | Goldfish Social life and customs |
| genre: | Fiction Nonfiction |
| ISBN: | 9784770023032 |
| OCLC number: | 820921542 |
| publisher: | Kodansha International |
| publication place: | Tokyo, New York |
| english publication date: | 2004 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 390 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. |