Two volumes comprising 42 double-page woodcut prints with multiple motives or patterns, of which many coloured. The leaves are folded in the Japanese fashion. Two preliminary pages and one colophon in Japanese. Original decorated paper covers. Housed in original cloth folder, worn. Some browning to the endpapers but the woodcuts are in excellent condition with good impression. First edition.Rokkaku Shisui (1867-1950) was an authority on Japanese lacquer ware. Together with Tenshin Okakura he founded the Japan Art Institute. He lived for some time in the US where he worked at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and at the Metropolitan Museum. Seller Inventory # 120480

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Title: Shinsen moy� no shiori. (New patterns for ...

Publisher: 1901

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books, antiquarian booksellers in Stockholm, Sweden, offering old and rare books on Voyages & Travels, Exploration and Linguistics, with a primary emphasis on Asia and Africa, as well as Asian and international illustrated books on fashion, design and textiles. Printed catalogues are regularly produced.

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