ONCHI (1891-1955). Nihon no hana
Artist:
Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955) and others.
Title:
Nihon no hana (Flowers of Japan). One volume, complete.
Date:
1946
Publisher:
Fugaku Honsha, Tokyo.
Size:
26x18,5 cm.
Medium:
Machine printed book and woodblock color prints.
Literature:
Hillier, Jack. The Art of the Japanese Book. 2 voll. London: Sotheby’s, 1987, p. 1022-3.
Remarks:
A poetry antology edited and designed by Onchi Koshiro. 3 tippen-in and 26 woodblock page illustrations of flowers each facing a page with poem. The artists are Kawakami Sumio, Kawanishi Hide and Maekawa Sempan. The poets include Onchi himself, Sato Haruo, Kitahara Hyakushu. With a four pages leaflet in English on “Contemporary Japanese Poetry” and original paper wrapper by Onchi.
Conditions:
Good conditions.
Item no:
MX 02