Keisuke Serizawa, The Stencil Artist - : Volume 1

No Dust Jacket

Slipcase: Notable shelf wear and rubbing consistent with a publication that is over fifty years old. Some soiling and toning (photo). The slipcase is constructed of sturdy cardboard and the structurial integrity remains intact (photo). No evidence of mending. Front panel and spine is Japanese, back panel is English (photo).

Book: Pristine condition, thanks to the protective publisher's slipcase. The only blemish is very light page toning. This is a high-quality product, heavy gauge boards and paper. Boards are strong and firm, edges and points are unmarred, The book's binding is strong and firm, book lies flat, plumb, and square (photo). Twelve color plates and eighty B&W plates. All images are in pristine condition including photograph of Serizawa (photo).

The issue covers all facets of Serizawa's art work including scrolls, wall hangings, folding screens, hanging pictures, kimonos, obis, kimono cloth, noren and examples of stencil paper used to dye works.

The book reads Japanese style from front to rear. The plates and photograph of Serizawa are followed by 16 pages of Japanese text which includes an image by image descriptive caption for the 92 items (photo).

The color plates are tipped in and are produced utilizing the color halftone process. The black and white plates are halftone. Some images span multiple pages while other pages include multiple images. Every image is assigned a number and has a descriptive caption in Japanese.

The front of the book has a title in English along a two-page discussion of Serizawa and his work. A "List of Plates" has a number for each image and a caption in English (photo).

Rare First Edition with companion slipcase. Shipped promptly upon receipt of payment in protective cardboard box after all surfaces are bubblewrapped. Safe arrival is guaranteed.

Adapted from Wikipedia:

Keisuke Serizawa (May 13, 1895 – April 5, 1984) was a Japanese textile designer and designated as a "Living National Treasure" in 1956, for his katazome stencil dyeing technique. A leading member of the mingei movement founded by Yanagi Soetsu.