Tesuki no kami [Handmade paper]

GOTO (Seikichiro).

Tesuki no kami [Handmade paper]

A highly tactile book on paper-making in Asia

First edition, no. 14 of 290 copies, signed. Copiously illustrated throughout: 3 fold-out plates; 61 tipped-in, comprising of stencil dye and hand-coloured litho; 9 paper samples. 322 by 274mm. Fukurotoji binding, original blind embossed Japanese lacquered paper wrappers, gilt lettering to upper, original chitsu folding case bound in off-white woven textile with printed title slip, cardboard outer box also with printed title slip, slight foxing to edges and crease to half-title, small specks to chitsu and outer box, overall a very good copy. 178pp. Tokyo, Kodansha International, Showa 59 [i.e, 1984.

£600.00

Goto’s book on paper-making in Japan, Korea, Nepal and China, filled with wonderful illustrations, paper samples and explanatory texts in both Japanese and English.

Seikichiro Goto produced several books on paper-making, many of which were privately printed in very small editions. The present title is one that was supported by a large publisher, Kodansha International, who had offices in Japan and America. Clearly it was a costly book to produce, with copious katazome prints tipped-in, paper samples and a decadent binding. Indeed, the price is stated in the colophon as ¥195,000, which would have been tremendously expensive in 1984.

Uncommon. OCLC lists four copies in institutions outside of Japan.

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255555

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