first edition
New York; (1983)
by Barrett, Timothy
New York; (1983): Weatherhill. First Edition. Small Quarto. 316 pages, three paper samples tipped in, index, bibliography, glossary, appendices. As a young man Timothy Barrett traveled to Japan on a Fullbright Fellowship to research washi, Japanese handmade paper. He worked with the craftspeople of Ogawa-machi who forced him to send his early efforts back into the vat until his skills had matured. This work is considered by the Japanese as a superb glimps into what is involved in making washi (the text formed the main body of the book Ngashi-zuki in limited edition published by Bird & Bull Press in 1979). As the long review says in Monumenta (truncated)