Author: GOTÍ (GOTO), SEIKICHIRÍ (SEIKICHIRO):
Title: Shifuch›. Japanese hand-made paper. Tokyo, Bijutsu shuppan-sha, Sh›wa 29 (1954).
Description: . Tall 8vo. ( 21 x 32.5 cm). Lvs. (52). Bound in fukuro-toji style. Text in Japanese and with brief translations in English. Foreword by Bunsho Jugaku, Japanese paper historian. Illustrated with forty illustrations printed in colour katazome technique and forty-seven different samples of handmade paper tipped in. Original wrappers with title label on upper cover. Housed in original washi folder with red title label, cotton ties. Limited edition of 300 copies, of which this is no. 98. An informative work on the process of native paper making. The beautiful katazome illustrations depict the different stages in the process, various tools and ingredients used, and finally products made of the paper, such as kites, fans, paper carps etc. 5

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, paper, handicraft, exploration, katazome, illustrations


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