(Japanese Hand-Made Paper). Nihon no kami: Higashi Nihon-hen (Eastern Japan) + Nishi Nihon-hen (Western Japan) . Two volumes. Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppansha, Showa 33-5 (1958-60).

SEIKICHIRŐ, GOTŐ:

Published by 1958

About this Item

Folio. Lvs 99 + 77. Parallel text in English and Japanese. With 171 katazome printed illustrations (many coloured) and 58 paper samples, all pasted in. Leaves folded in the Japanese fashion. As issued in original decorated washi paper covers. Original cloth slip cases, cotton ties, gold painted title labels on upper covers. Small tears at the fold of the upper covers. Housed in original cardboard boxes.First edition, limited to 200 copies, of a considerable work. Signed in ink by the author. The work is based on Gotô's two journeys in Japan to study papermaking. An informative work about the different production sites and their specialities, methods, tools, etc. Accompanied by lovely illustrations. A great copy of an impressive work.Seikichirő Gotő (1898-1989) was an artist and master of the katazome technique, a traditional Japanese stencil technique for dyeing fabric and paper. He was the foremost scholar of Japanese paper making in the post-war era.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Japanese Hand-Made Paper). Nihon no kami: Higashi Nihon-hen (Eastern Japan) + Nishi Nihon-hen (Western Japan) . Two volumes. Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppansha, Showa 33-5 (1958-60).
• Publisher: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • East Asia