Hōkoku zushū / hissha Sawada Seiichirō, Sanfuranshisuko Bankoku Hakurankai Kyoto Shuppin Kyōkai : [volume 1]

1915 · Kyoto : Unsōdō · 32 pictures

A 1915 Kyoto publication, printed by Unsōdō and compiled by Sawada Seiichirō for the Kyoto exhibitors' association at the San Francisco world's fair, this first volume collects Japanese colour-print designs of the 20th century. The pictures are flat, hard-edged decorative patterns in black, grey-blue and muted greens, with stylised flowers, leaves, and geometric motifs that a designer could adapt for textiles, wallpaper, or surface pattern work.

Color prints, Japanese -- 20th century · Wood-engraving, Japanese -- 20th century

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