THE HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN. A Complete Set of Five Parts: 1. HANDMADE PAPERS O.

TINDALE, Thomas K. et al. [Author's Personal Embossed Copy]

Riguardo questo articolo

Rutland 1952, Tuttle. Red cloth Chitsu case, 28.5 x 35 cm., 5 parts, RARE UNUSED COPY, 326 handmade Washi paper samples, illustrated. *AUTHOR'S PERSONAL BLIND-STAMPED EMBOSSED COPY* * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES * * . *** *** *** . . NOTE: NET PRICE TO ALL ! . . . . SPECIAL AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY . . . WITH HIS BLIND-STAMPED EMBOSSED LOGO . . . ON THE FIRST FLY LEAF OF EACH VOLUME . . . *** . . THE MOST IMPORTANT JAPANESE WASHI SAMPLE BOOK . . OF THE MID-20TH CENTURY . . THE ONLY BOOK WITH AUTHENTIC SAMPLES FROM 740 C.E. . . DOWN TO 1951 . . . RARE FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES . . *** . * A SPECIAL AUTHOR'S EMBOSSED BLIND-STAMPED PERSONAL COPY: This copy has the author's personal embossed & blind-stamped logo on the first fly leaf of all 4 volumes. This is the exact logo found printed in red on each title page. On the first fly leaf, lower right corner is the tipped-in blind-stamped Tindale embossed logo, showing his personal ownership of this book. . *** A SUPERB AND STUNNING RESOURCE: A most stunning and valuable Washi [handmade paper] sample book. This famous work was made just after World War II, while Thomas Tindale was a consultant to the Japanese government. . THE SEKI COLLECTION OF ANCIENT PAPER SAMPLES: The work contains the oldest authenticated samples of early Washi paper ever collected and placed into book form. The first sample is a Komashi made in 740 C.E.i.e. Tempyo 12th year, during the reign of Emperor Shomu Tenno [729-749] C.E. Other samples continue from 12th century down to 1951. . Tindale gathered the greats of Washi makers, and urged them to participate in the compilation of the most definitive and comprehensive book ever created documenting Japan's celebrated paper makers, paper making villages with samples from all-known paper makers. A dying art, handmade paper makers have decreased dramatically since publication of this great book. So many of the makers have already passed away, and were not followed by any disciple, their techniques lost forever. . *** By and large, the most impressive original Japanese Washi paper sample book done in the mid-20th century. This marvelous reference is a veritable museum of hand-made paper and a distinguished history of this unique handicraft. . *** . . Foreword by The Eminent Paper Expert, DARD HUNTER . The forward was contributed by Dard Hunter, the world's foremost expert and authority on world handmade papers. . "This is the most ambitious and complete post-World War II work on Japanese papers including hundreds of fine samples beginning with the earliest a Komashi from 740 C.E., down to the latest done in 1951. It traces the history of paper making throughout Japan, it lists the various paper making villages, their handmade paper makers, methods, materials used and applications and techniques." . *** A NEW, UNUSED COPY: This is a "NEW," copy complete, as issued with the original red cloth Chitsu folding case, two genuine ivory peg/clasps, in four uniformly matched volumes, 3 are stitch-bound Japanese style. . The 4 volumes are nicely bound in hand-made, Japanese pictorial decorated stenciled stiff Washi papers. . The three stitch-bound volumes are uniform in matching woodcut decorated covers. Each volume also has two color stenciled end papers by Yanagi Soetsu, showing the process of hand-making of Washi papers. . Vol.1. THE HAND MADE PAPERS OF JAPAN Vol.2. THE SEKI COLLECTION Vol.3. THE CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION . Vol.4. THE WATERMARK COLLECTION This volume is contained in a folding Chitsu or clamshell like box, covered matching woodcut decorated covers as above, with two genuine ivory clasps. . Part 5. PAPER-MAKING-PLANT FIBERS IN A SEPARATE ENVELOPE: : THE FIBERS: An envelope with five fiber samples are held in an envelope with English names and actual fiber samples. . *** THE CONTENTS: . Volume 1: THE HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN: Introduction by Dard Hunter, bibliographical guide by Bunsho Jugaku, Japan's foremost expert and author on.

Codice articolo 36063301

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: THE HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN. A Complete Set of Five Parts: 1. HANDMADE PAPERS O.
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • JAPANESE ART
  • JAPANESE FOLK ART
  • JAPANESE HISTORY