A Life of Ts'ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and enlarged edition
Narita, Kiyofusa, lifelong director of the museum
A Life of Ts'ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and enlarged edition
Narita, Kiyofusa, lifelong director of the museum
Publisher: Paper Museum, Tokyo
Date published: 1976
Format: Softcover
First issued in 1954. 106p., small attractive softbound in 7x5 inch decorated frenchfold wraps. Heel of spine panel has a quarter-inch chip or snag, a rear blank is oddly rumpled along the gutter, half-title bears an ultra-neat ownership stamp, everything else is in good order, in fact near-fine.
A Life of Ts'ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
A Life of Ts'ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
Publisher: The Dainihon Press, Tokyo
Date published: 1966
Format: Softcover
soft cover in dust jacket in removable clear vinyl protector., no flaws or wear. clean, no markings, tight binding.; english text. pre-isbn. 106pp., b/w illustrations, with a few in color. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Narita, Kiyofusa
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Narita, Kiyofusa
Publisher: The Paper Museum
Date published: 1980
Format: Softcover
Revised and enlarged edition. 12mo. 106pp. Illustrated. Front cover with a vertical crease and small crease near the spine base else fine in fine integral acetate dust jacket. Narita was Director of The Paper Museum; the first edition was published in 1954.
A Life of Ts'ai Lung and Japanese Paper-making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
NARITA, Kiyofusa
A Life of Ts'ai Lung and Japanese Paper-making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
NARITA, Kiyofusa
Publisher: The Paper Museum, Tokyo
Date published: 1980
Format: Softcover
Revised and enlarged edition. 12mo. 106pp. Illustrated. Front cover with a vertical crease and small crease near the spine base else fine in fine integral acetate dust jacket. Narita was Director of The Paper Museum; the first edition was published in 1954.
Tokyo 1966, Dainihon. Stiff pictorial wrappers, as NEW copy, 106p., 2 color & 20 b.w. photos + 17 text line drawings, the best revised & enlarged edition, 13 x 18.3 cm. . *** **** *** . . SUPERB MONOGRAPH, TRACING THE ORIGINS OF HANDMADE PAPER . . . BY ITS 'INVENTOR' TS'AI LUNG . . . AND HOW IT INFLUENCED JAPANESE WASHI PAPERMAKING . * Excellent work on the 1300 year old tradition of how paper making was discovered by a Chinese Buddhist monk. How Japanese learned the method of making Washi [handmade mulberry & other fiber] papers. . * This excellent work covers the history of Japanese handmade papers, technique by hand, Suminagashi, "ink-floating" paper or marbled paper techniques, patterned, Ebosho & watermarked papers. . . Kiyofusa Narita was the Director of the Tokyo Paper Museum, and an important scholar on Washi, Japanese hand-made papers and paper makers. . *** CONDITION: . THE BEST EDITION with more text & plates than the First Edition. . A valuable illustrated reference. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . ***
A Life Of Ts'ai Lung And Japanese Paper-Making Revised And Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
A Life Of Ts'ai Lung And Japanese Paper-Making Revised And Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
Publisher: Tokyo Paper Museum
Date published: 1976
Format: Softcover
1976. Tokyo Paper Museum . Softcover. GOOD Black titles, cream illustrated covers. There are some chips out of covers. The covers and spine are marked and worn. Text is clear and bright. Some foxing and marks on the pages and page edges. Beautiful photographs and illustrations. 7x5.
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
Publisher: Tokyo Paper Museum
Date published: 1976
Format: Softcover
1976. Tokyo Paper Museum. Softcover. GOOD Black titles, cream illustrated covers. There are some chips out of covers. The covers and spine are marked and worn. Text is clear and bright. Some foxing and marks on the pages and page edges. Beautiful photographs and illustrations. 7x5.
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
Publisher: The Dainihon Press
Date published: 1966
Format: Soft Cover
Soft cover in dust jacket in removable clear vinyl protector., no flaws or wear. clean, no markings, tight binding.; english text. pre-isbn. 106pp., b/w illustrations, with a few in color.
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making Revised and Enlarged Edition
Kiyofusa Narita
Publisher: Tokyo Paper Museum
Date published: 1976
Format: Softcover
1976. Tokyo Paper Museum. Softcover. GOOD Black titles, cream illustrated covers. There are some chips out of covers. The covers and spine are marked and worn. Text is clear and bright. Some foxing and marks on the pages and page edges. Beautiful photographs and illustrations. 7x5.
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Narita, Kiyofusa
A Life of Ts'Ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Narita, Kiyofusa
Publisher: The Paper Museum
Date published: 1980
Format: Softcover
Revised and enlarged edition. 12mo. 106pp. Illustrated. Front cover with a vertical crease and small crease near the spine base else fine in fine integral acetate dust jacket. Narita was Director of The Paper Museum; the first edition was published in 1954.
A LIFE OF TS'AI LUNG AND JAPANESE PAPER-MAKING (Revised & Enlarged Edition)
Narita, Kiyofusa
A LIFE OF TS'AI LUNG AND JAPANESE PAPER-MAKING (Revised & Enlarged Edition)
Narita, Kiyofusa
Publisher: Paper Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Date published: 1979
Format: Softcover
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.
A Life Of Ts'ai Lung And Japanese Paper Making (Signed)
Narita, Kiyofusa
A Life Of Ts'ai Lung And Japanese Paper Making (Signed)
Narita, Kiyofusa
Publisher: Tokyo: The Dainihon Press
Date published: 1966
Format: Softcover
Revised editon. 12mo red paper wraps in glassine over color illus dj NF/vgdj: 106pp. Tipped in color frontis photograph. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs and drawings. SIGNED INSCRIBED by the author "For Mr. A.R. Darling and signed in Jap chars" dated April 16, 1970. History of paper making in Japan and the life of Ts'ai who is credited with the invention of modern paper, Text first introduces Chinese official Ts'ai Lung/Cai Long of the court of Emperor Ho of the Later Han Dynasty, ca AD 105, and his techniques and methodology. Chinese methods were introduced to Japan (via Korea) in 610, 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 Machine-Made Paper in Japan. Author Kiyofusa Narita was the Director of the Paper Museum in Tokyo, Japan, and a scholar of Washi [handmade mulberry & other fiber] papers
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