Softcover
1964 · (Tokyo)
by Yanagi, Soetsu and Shiko Munakata
(Tokyo), 1964. Softcover. Good, clean, tight contents, but covers have shelf wear; art museum ex-lib. copy with usual marks and some extra tape to spine/covers. previous owners name on inside cover. White, stapled wraps with color image and Japanese lettering, bound Asian-style. [16] pp. text in Japanese, 1 color plate, [44] pp. bw illus., and [10] pp. text in English. Text in (primarily) Japanese and English (essays and chronology). No date listed, but the chronology ends in 1964. Publication information in Japanese only. Tokyo as the place of publication is a guess. The first essay is "Munakata's Work" by his mentor, Soetsu Yanagi. (In 1935, Yanagi S etsu (1889-1961), father of the mingei (folk art) movement, saw Munakata's prints at the Kokugakai's annual spring exhibition, and bought twenty-five prints of Yamato shi Uruwashi by Munakata. This event changed Munakata's life. From then on Munakata was closely associated with the Japanese folk art movement. - Wikipedia) The second essay, "The Way of the Woodcut Print," is by the artist himself. The chronology of Munakata's career extends 6 pages, in narrative style. Clear, crisp illustrations and with 1 bw photo of Munakata.
(Inventory #: 158176)