市田弥一郎 (Ichida Yaichiro)

藤浪 Foujinami: 雛形模様集 [Collection, Pattern Templates] (ca. 1909)

Kyoto, Japan: Unsodo, ca. 1909. Single volume string-bound; collected in a brown cloth case. 14.25” x 10” ; text in Japanese, pp. [2], 50 [50 full-page color plates]. Woodblock printed; ink and color on paper; blue cloth covers, bound in string. Tissue guards between each plate, all present but one torn tissue between pp. 30/31. Full color patterns used in Japanese ceramic, kimono, and wall covering designs. This is a design reference book that is most likely published by Unsodo. Founded in 1891 as a publishing company that specialized in woodblock prints and used by those involved in arts and crafts, Unsodo is touted as “the only printer in Japan that still publishes woodblock printing publications [...] we continue to produce books and prints by woodblock printing with artisans who carry on traditional woodblock printing techniques.”. Item #269

Price: $2,200.00