Author: SEKKA, KAMISAKA:
Title: Miyako no omokage: Betsu k› ky›zome : (Faces of the Old Capital). Kyoto, Tanaka Jihe, Meiji 23 (1890).
Description: . 8vo size (24 x 16.5 cm). Complete with 27 leaves, double folded in the Japanese fashion. Comprises fifty-four coloured wood cut plates. Bound in the fukuro-toji style. Original wrappers, rubbed and soiled, title label on front cover, with some loss. First few leaves with some staining at lower margin, otherwise a very good copy.First edition of Kamisaka Sekka's first work of a series of design manuals (zuan-ch›). Towards the end of the 19th century, this kind of design book became very popular in Kyoto, centre of the leading Japanese textile design and production as well as of printing. The books themselves were made by skilled artists who made the woodblocks, and hand-printed the sheets. Kamisaka Sekka was one of Japan's leading artists and designers at this time. He became known for his courageous and visually dynamic designs. He initially worked in the traditional Rinpa style, a Japanese genre based on nature which emerged in the early 17th century, evolving in the early 20th century into the Neo-Rinpa style. A scarce, well-preserved design manual created by "the father of Japanese modern design".

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asitic, kimono, design, illustrated, woodcut, exploration, art,


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