Bijutsu Kai.
by JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS
- Used
- Hardcover
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
1900. JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Bijutsu Kai. Collection of Pictures Regarding Colour Designs for Japanese Textiles Costumes. Five parts in one volume. Five folding plates and 18 full-page coloured woodblock prints per section, for a total of 95 original illustrations. 8vo, 232 x 160 mm., bound in Japanese accordion style with Japanese fold pages and silk-thread stitched spine, in new linen cloth folding box with leather spine label. Kyoto: Geisodo, [ca. 1900]. A superb set of this important compendium of early Japanese textile designs, showing a great variety of patterns and scenes. The woodblock prints are often exceptional Japanese images very much in the sabi-wabi tradition. Not in Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book (1987).
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- Bookseller
- Ursus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142126
- Title
- Bijutsu Kai.
- Author
- JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1900
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About Ursus Books
Ursus Rare Books is renowned throughout the rare book world for handling outstanding copies of important rare books. Our inventory ranges from early printed books to modern livres d'artistes. Our particular strength is in illustrated books of all periods; from the 15th to 21st centuries. We also carry fine copies of literature in all languages, art and architecture, natural history, voyages and travels, landscape gardening and fine bindings. Ursus is dedicated to developing long term relationships with clients in helping them to form first class collections.
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