Lot 42
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KURIYAMA SHIGERU (b. 1912), editor. Kasuri (Ikat), nos. 1-6 bound as 1 vol. from an unnumbered edition of 80 (Shizuoka: Kasurisha and Asukasha, July 1934-August 1936), no. 4 includes 4-6, in woodcut covers, 28.5 x 21.3cm., each containing tipped-in woodblock prints in color and black and white, others stencil-dyed cloth, some nos. with printed captions, woodcuts inscribed in pencil by a later hand in Roman letters with artist's names, paper of some images slightly toned, sold as a collection of plates not subject to return

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KURIYAMA SHIGERU (b. 1912), editor. Kasuri (Ikat), nos. 1-6 bound as 1 vol. from an unnumbered edition of 80 (Shizuoka: Kasurisha and Asukasha, July 1934-August 1936), no. 4 includes 4-6, in woodcut covers, 28.5 x 21.3cm., each containing tipped-in woodblock prints in color and black and white, others stencil-dyed cloth, some nos. with printed captions, woodcuts inscribed in pencil by a later hand in Roman letters with artist's names, paper of some images slightly toned, sold as a collection of plates not subject to return

Contents: No. 1, 12 prints, Maekawa Sempan (1888-1960), Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895-1997), Fujimori Shizuo (1891-1943), Yamaguchi Susumu (1897-1982), Kawakami Sumio (1895-1972), Ogawa Tatsuhiko (1910-1988), Kobayashi Asaji (1898-1939), Muto Kan'ichi (1892-1982), Nakagawa Yutaro (1910-1975), Kuriyama Shigeru (b. 1912)
No. 2, 14 prints, Maekawa Sempan, Kawakami Sumio, Kawanishi Hide (1894-1965), Fukazawa Sakuichi (1896-1946), Henmi Takashi (1895-1944), Muto Kan'ichi, Kobayashi Asaji, Enami Shiro (b. 1901), Nakagawa Yutaro, Kuriyama Shigeru, Fujimori Shizuo, Yamaguchi Susumu, Suzuki Shiro (active 1930s)
No. 3, 11 prints, Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Kawakami Sumio, Fukazawa Sakuichi, Yamaguchi Susumu, Kuriyama Shigeru, Kawanishi Hide, Kobayashi Asaji, Nakagawa Yutaro, Maekawa Sempan, Suzuki Shiro
Nos. 4-6, included in one volume, 16 prints, Kawakami Sumio, Muto Kan'ichi, Kobayashi Asaji, Ogawa Tatsuhiko, Aioigaki Akitsu (?) (active 1930s), Matsuyama Midori (active 1930s), Kuriyama Shigeru, Fukazawa Sakuichi, Nakagawa Yutaro, Yamaguchi Susumu, Fujimori Shizuo, Maekawa Sempan, Suzuki Shiro

Lot Essay

All four issues of Kasuri, the complete publication, are offered here. They include woodcuts depicting country and city scenes of daily life, flowers and plants, printed fabric swatches, and essays by artists and critics about prints, art exhibitions, and the theater.