5. [PAPERMAKING] GOTÔ Seikichirô. NIHON NO KAMI (JAPANESE HAND-MADE PAPER) Vol.1 Northeastern Japan. Vol.2 Western Japan Bijutsu Shuppansha, Tokyo 1958, 1960. 42.3 x 26 cm, Folio in size, bound Japanese style. With many paper samples, illustrated throughout with katazome prints. Volume 1 has a bi-lingual English and Japanese text detailing a journey to the main paper-making sites in Northeastern Japan undertaken in 1957 by Mr. Gotô, the foremost scholar of papermaking in the post-war period. The second volume details a similar trip to Western Japan. Both volumes are signed in Kanji by Gotô and numbered as #16 (out of an edition of 200). Our volumes are both in their individual tied chitsu. A lovely set of this classic work. Fine condition.
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