Kokon tōa shifu 古今東亞紙譜 [A Collection of East Asian Paper Samples from Ancient to Modern Times]
Hundreds of paper samples tipped-in & several text illus. 141; 121 pp. on folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, woodcut title-slip on first vol. (lacking on Vol. II), orig. stitching. [Tokyo: Privately Printed], Prefaces dated 1957.
First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies, luxuriously printed throughout on handmade paper, of this magnificent and rare paper specimen work. Seki (1892-1979), an executive at a Japanese paper company, was a leading historian of Asian papermaking. These two volumes contain paper samples — both examples of early printing as well as paper specimens — from China, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Burma, and Japan, dating from the Tang dynasty to modern times. Each sample is carefully described in the accompanying printed text. The author has also provided much text on the history of papermaking in East Asia with descriptions of papermaking techniques. With an excellent index.
Fine set in the original chitsu.
First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies, luxuriously printed throughout on handmade paper, of this magnificent and rare paper specimen work. Seki (1892-1979), an executive at a Japanese paper company, was a leading historian of Asian papermaking. These two volumes contain paper samples — both examples of early printing as well as paper specimens — from China, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Burma, and Japan, dating from the Tang dynasty to modern times. Each sample is carefully described in the accompanying printed text. The author has also provided much text on the history of papermaking in East Asia with descriptions of papermaking techniques. With an excellent index.
Fine set in the original chitsu.
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Title
Kokon tōa shifu 古今東亞紙譜 [A Collection of East Asian Paper Samples from Ancient to Modern Times]
Author
SEKI, Yoshikuni 関義城
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