FURUYA, KÍRIN: - Shi-mashima (Stripe Patterns). Two volumes. Kyôto, Yamada Noosabur›, Gômei Gaisha Uns›d›, Meiji 39 (1906).

. Complete set with more than two hundred colour woodblock patterns with Japanese captions. Comprises forty leaves with multiple images, title page and colophon. Leaves folded in the Japanese fashion. Ribbon-bound in original decorated paper wrappers, missing one binding string, title labels on upper covers. Ex-ownership stamp. Second edition, first 1904. The collection contains creative images with geometric patterns, many of which consist of figures and characters. Furuya K›rin, student of Kamisaka Sekka, was one of foremost designers to create the Japanese "modern design" in the first decade of the twentieth century. Published by Uns›d›, the reputable printing house in Kyoto. The covers are lightly rubbed, occasionally some minor staining but an attractive copy.

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