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BRAND NEW Copy. Red endpapers. Author Kiyofusa Narita is the Director of the Paper Museum. Tokyo, Japan. Text first introduces Chinese official Ts'ai Lung of the court of Emperor Ho of the Later Han Dynasty, c AD 105, and his techniques and methodology. Chinese methods were introduced to Japan (via Korea) in 610 and soon brittleness was solved through usage of kozo tree bark, laying the basis of Japan's papermaking industry. 6 chapters: 1, A Life of Ts'ai Lung, The Inventor of Paper; 2, A Brief History of Japanese Hand-Made Paper; 3, Making Paper by Hand in Japan; 4, Suminagashi, Ink-Floating Paper or Marbled Paper; 5. Patterned Paper, Ebosho & Watermarked Paper; and, The First Marchine-Made Paper in Japn. Seller Inventory # 006165
Bibliographic Details
Title: A LIFE OF TS'AI LUNG AND JAPANESE ...
Publisher: Paper Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
Edition: Revised & Enlarged Edition, First Thus
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