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Paper. - - Watermarked paper with art designs. 6 sheets in different colours + 1 sheet on special white paper with explanations on how this paper was made.

Title: Watermarked paper with art designs. 6 sheets in different colours + 1 sheet on special white paper with explanations on how this paper was made.
Description: 36 x 25.5 cm, in a special paper envelope. ¶ This hand-made paper with unique watermarks. Called "art paper" produced by a special method adopted by the Printing Bureau of the (Japanese) Ministry of Finance. Art designs of scenic beauty, historical figures etc., are not only preserved in their minuteness but reproduced in a most beautiful manner. The paper is made of Mitsumata shade plant, ... which is used for Japanese currency as a primary raw material. Themes of these unique watermarks are: Kudara Kannon; Suiren (Water lily); Yu-Fuji (Mount Fuji in the evening twilight); Sansui (Landscape); Tsubo (A jar); Yofune (A boat in the evening). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Keywords: Far East Extrême-Orient book, books livre Japan Japon paper papier fine art, fine arts art

Price: CHF 750.00 = appr. US$ 744.13 Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
- Book number: 1127