So-saku Maru Mon-yo [Creative Round Patterns: Woodblock print book]

Kodo Kawarazaki

Published by Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi, Kyoto, 1933

About this Item

31x22cm. 2-volume set. Accordion binding. Woodblock prints of 20 illustrations (10 illustrations in each volume). Some deterioration, including soiling, foxing and one page repair to the backing, but generally in good condition. This book is a collection of designs that include the patterns often used on Japanese kimonos, in which flowers and birds are interspersed within a circle to form a single design pattern. Kodo [or Shodo] Kawarazaki (1899-1973) was a designer, painter, and woodblock print artist in Kyoto. He was born in Kyoto, studied design and Japanese painting from a young age, and designed kimonos. Before the war, he published many very beautiful design books using woodblock prints. After the war, he worked for Unsodo, a woodblock publisher, producing woodblock prints of flowers, etc.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1680944338085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: So-saku Maru Mon-yo [Creative Round Patterns: Woodblock print book]
• Publisher: Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi, Kyoto
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good