The modern Japanese print : an appreciation / James A. Michener ; with ten original prints by Hiratsuka Un'ichi [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.

Contributor:

Charles E. Tuttle Co., publisher.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

George R. Gund Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hiratsuka, Un'ichi, 1895-1997.

Hiratsuka, Un'ichi.

Prints, Japanese--20th century.

Prints, Japanese.

Wood-engraving, Japanese.

Color prints, Japanese--20th century.

Color prints, Japanese.

Wood-engraving, Japanese--20th century.

Physical Description:

55 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates (mounted) : original illustrations (part color) ; 56 cm (60 cm in case)

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vt. : Charles E. Tuttle Company, [1962]

Notes:

Issued in a wooden slipcase.

With original prints, signed and mounted.

"The test paper is handmade kyokushi, sometimes called Japanese vellum, with a high content of fibers from the mitsumata and cotton plants, made and watermaked expressly for this edition by Nakajo Sampei at Iwamoto. ... The blocks for the prints have been destroyed and the type distributed after producing this limited edition of 510 copies, 475 of which are for sale."--From colophon on p. [1] at end.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Gund Memorial Fund.

"Limited edition of 510 copies ... this is copy number 335."--From colophon on p. [1] at end.

RBC copy is signed by the author ("James A. Michener, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Summer 1962") below colophon on p. [1] at end.

OCLC:

965070