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Kairo - One Hundred Patterns of Waves
by DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, Artist
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Teramachi Nijo, Kyoto, Japan : Yamada Unsodo (37) pages held together with 2 brads top end. 35 pages with tissue guards over multiple lovely woodblock prints, either 96 or 102 depending on how one repeated image is counted. With an additional full page black and silver woodblock print on rice paper (9" x 12 1/2") laid in. No date (in English) , circa 1902-1905. Laid into original folio black paper covered boards printed in silver Art Deco design, with title, artist and publisher printed in English front and back. Front and back pages printed in Japanese. Very Good, cloth at spine torn at top and bottom edges, rubbing to boards at edges. Some tissue guards creased or torn, the woodblock prints are all bright and Fine. Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) was aan important early 20th c. Japanese artist, known as the father of modern Japanese design and the last great master of the Rinpa traditional school of art. RARE, one copy found in current commerce ( lacking the additional woodblock print) and 8 copies found at WorldCat. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009472
- Title
- Kairo - One Hundred Patterns of Waves
- Author
- DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, Artist
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yamada Unsodo
- Place of Publication
- Teramachi Nijo, Kyoto, Japan
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Spine
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- Folio
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