1964. Gotō Seikichirō 後藤清吉郎. Kami no Tabi 紙の旅.Showa 39 [1964]. Tokyo. Bijutsu Shuppansha.Large oblong folio in washi covers, 33.5 x 44.3 cm. #261 of 300cc. Illustrated beautifully in katazome throughout. The illustrations as well as the text are by Gotō, a fine artist as well as one of the most..... More
1957. KAMAKURA Yoshitarô & Kamakura Shizue, artists. RYÛKYÛ BINGATA & RYÛKYÛ BINGATA Dai Nishû. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin. Two huge cloth portfolios, the earlier, 62.5 x 49.5 cm, issued in 1957 as a limited edition (unspecified limitation) of all 20 bingata stencil prints on lovely handmade paper, but without the small..... More
1983. KANZAKI ONJUN, printmaker. SHOHYÔSHÛ KAZE. One of 15 house copies, signed by Kanzaki, printed after the distributed edition of 50 copies. So, #58 of 65, inscribed to Imamura Hidetarou. Shôwa 58 [1983]. 22 x 16 cm. With 15 tipped in katazome stencil printed bookplates. The orihon folding album is..... More
1986. [KATAZOME] KANZAKA Onjun. TOKI TO NINGYÔ TO. Horita Ryohei, n.p. [Osaka?], Showa 61 [1986]. 16.3 x 22.2 cm. Designed, printed and colored by Onjun in his katazome stencil medium. Number 49 of only 50 copies of this lovely book bound in orihon folding album style in stiff washi-covered boards..... More
1984. [KATAZOME] Kanzaki ONJUN, artist. RANPU [Rinpyô] 1 vol. 23.0 x 16.1 cm, Tôkyô, Gohachi, Shôwa 59 [1984]. 50 copies were distributed, plus there were "house copies" that were given to friends. This is thus numbered #58. A counterpoint of Kanzaki's designs for lamps facing pages of designs for matchbox..... More
1960. [KATAZOME] OKAMURA Kichiemon. NARADA NO TAFU. Shôwa 35 [1960]. String-bound Japanese-style, privately printed in 50 copies. 31.1 x 19.7 cm., Okamura (1916-2002) was a student of Serizawa Keisuke and embraced his interest in traditional Japanese folk arts, papermaking and stencil printing (katazome). This lovely monograph on Japanese bark-cloth from..... More
1990. OKAMURA Kichiemon, artist. MOJI EGOYOMI. Tôkyô, Gohachi, Heisei 2 [1990]. 38.6 x 27.0 cm. #4 of 50 printed. Signed by Okamura. Large Orihon folding album with 13 hand-printed katazome color stencil prints by Okamura. Like new, complete in a chitsu clasped publisher's titled case. An advance sheet for its..... More
1960. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門. Date Moniwa no Shinada 伊達茂庭之榀布. N.p. Shōwa 35 [1960]. 30.4 x 20.8 cm. One of 200 copies, signed by Okamura. Title sometimes read, "Date Moniwa no Shinanuno." Tipped-in fabric sample approx 17 x 9.5cm. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound..... More
1960. OKAMURA Kichiemon, artist. TOKUJIRÔ SHÔGYÔ. Privately printed. Shôwa 35 [1960]. 29.9 x 21.3 cm. One of 100 copies, signed by Okamura. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Okamura was Serizawa's most important student and excelled at producing compelling livre d'artiste in..... More
1959. OKUMURA Kitchizaemon, artist. MUTSUGAMI ZANBÔROKU: WASURE NO KOSARESHI MUTSUGAMI NO HANASHI. Shôwa 34 [1959]. 30.0 x 21.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style. Stencil printed with textual illustrations on records of hand papermaking from the provinces of the far north in Japan. One of 50 copies printed. About fine condition in the..... More
18. [PAPER SAMPLES]. TÔSEI SHINKOMON HONCHÔ. String-bound, Japanese -style, fukuro-toji. 28 X 21 cm, with 138 designs on 23 pages (6 per page). Stencil-printed "komon" designs. The blindstamped patterned covers are lovely and subtle. Interesting, skillfully printed tiny repeating pattern designs of white dots on black. Overall the condition is..... More
[PAPER, JAPANESE]. Mingei-gami KUREHA. [Kyôto] Showa 32 [1957] Oblong folio, in brocade covers with printed paper title label, 25.9 X 40.3 cm, oblong. There are 30 pages of color stencil-dyed patterned papers, mounted one or two to a page within paper frames. In a tied chitsu folding box. Superb quality..... More
1980. [Papermaking, Korean] Gotô Seikichirô. KANKOKU NO KAMI. Tokyo, Gohachi, Showa 55 [1980]. Orihon folding album (24 x 18.3 cm) in block-printed paper covers. Number 12 of a limited edition of 150 copies and is signed and sealed by Goto, certainly the most important historian of East Asian papermaking in..... More
1958. [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..... More
1950. [PAPERMAKING] SERIZAWA Keisuke. KAMI WO TSUKURU HITOTACHI. Privately printed by Serizawa in Showa 25 [1950] in an edition of 50 copies. 30 x 28 cm. 7 pages, katazome prints in wrappers with a printed paper title label. Enclosed in a hand printed folding cover which is a work of..... More
1963. Portfolio Collection by Satō Kōichi 佐藤晃一 These portfolios were purchased in Kyoto, probably about a decade ago. The innocence and assurance of their creator was puzzling, though not due to the skill, which is considerable, as Satō Kōichi 佐藤晃一 became a very well-known graphic artist and poster designer who..... More
1949. SEKINO Jun'ichirô, artist. KOJIKI EMAKI. Tôkyô, Sei-en-sô, Shôwa 24 [1949]. Printed "hors commerce" #33 in an edition of 120 copies, signed by Sekino. A large (36 x 30 cm) kappa-ban, color stencil-printed volume in stencil-printed boards, bound fukuro-toji but with Western-style spine. A rendition of the early histories embodied..... More
1968. SERIZAWA Keisuke. YOKUJO, Tokyo, Gallery Gohachi, Showa 43 [1968]. #38 of 100cc. 26.6 x 22.5 cm. Yellow paper over board covers. 10 small stencils in Serizawa's inimitable style of women bathing. Hand-stenciled and hand-colored by Serizawa, with his stenciled initials on the title page. In the original red cloth..... More
1969. Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢銈介. Serizawa Keisuke Tebikaejō 芹沢銈介手控帖. Showa 44 [1969]. Tokyo. Kyūryūdō 求龍堂, publisher. 28 x 26.5cm album with paper-covered boards is housed in a fabric-covered clamshell box 30.1 x 25.8cm with title stamped on box spine. Stored in a cardboard box 32 x 30.5cm with printed title label..... More
1982. SERIZAWA Keisuke, artist. KATAZOME RINBYÔ, 2 vols. Tôkyô, Gohachi. #134 of 230 copies. 2 folding albums, 18.2 x 15.0 cm., 81 wonderful colored stencil designs, formatted to a size and shape appropriate to matchbox covers. Serizawa again illustrates his skills in design. In perfect condition, in the original clasped..... More
1944. SERIZAWA Keisuke, artist. SHIKIBA Ryûzaburô, author. MINGEI TO SEIKATSU. Tôkyô, Shôwa 19 [1944]. Privately published by the author and printed in Tôkyô before the disastrous air raids to come. Bound Western-style, 26.8 x 19.0 cm., printed on over 400 pages of wonderful Japanese hand-made paper, with many illustrations by..... More
1985. [STENCIL PRINTING] SERIZAWA Keisuke; YOSHIDA Kogor. KIRISHITAN MONOGATARI. Tokyo, Gohachi, Showa 60 [1985]. Bound Western-style in wrappers, large 26.7 x 26.3 cm album of b+w stencil prints by Serizawa illustrating a brief text by Yoshida, a famous scholar and historian. Pictorial vignetttes of the 16th century introduction of Christianity..... More
1956. [STENCIL PRINTS] OKAMURA Kichizaemon. ZAYÛ SANBÔ NO SHÔ, 3 vols. 32.2 x 20.4 cm. Privately published in 100 copies by Okamura, a remarkably talented and prolific artist and scholar, who recorded the arts and crafts of postWar Japan using the stencil techniques of katazome dyeing on beautiful washi hand-made..... More