A FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES
by Kanzaka Sekka (Woodblock Illustrations); George Laws (Modern Calligraphy)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0870992066
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992063
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Thames & Hudson, 1979. First Edition, First Printing . Hard Cover/Slipcase. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. Kanzaka Sekka (Woodblocks). BRAND NEW Copy. Purple-blue silk boards. DJ/None as Issue. White slipcase w/light surface wea & discoloration, worn upper & lower corners, and price sticker to upper front corner. First published April 4, 1904 as, "One Thousand Kinds of Butterflies," in Kyoto Japan by the publishg house Yamada Unsodo. This is the 1979 copy of the book held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; printed &nd bound in Japan. Illustrate by/Thames & Hudson, New York, 1979. Accordian fold (printed on one side). Inspired by a group of gaily costumed young women dancing in the countryside, poet Yoshi Zo's friend, woodblock artist Kanzaka Sekka (1866-1942), chose butterflies to depict the scene. The unnumbered pgs unfolds to a 31-foot-long tapestry. Color plates of 216 d as symbols for the brightly clad dancing girls. Exquisite full-color plates feature 216 winged beauties in flight.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019120
- Title
- A FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES
- Author
- Kanzaka Sekka (Woodblock Illustrations); George Laws (Modern Calligraphy)
- Illustrator
- Kanzaka Sekka (Woodblocks)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover/Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870992066
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992063
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art/Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Art/Butterflies/Japanese Woodcuts/Museum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Museum;
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