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EHON: THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK IN JAPAN
Non- Member Price : $60.00
Member Price : $54.00
Ehon--or 'picture books'--are part of an incomparable 1,350-year-old Japanese tradition. Created by artists and craftsmen, most ehon also feature essays, poems, or other texts written in beautiful, distinctive calligraphy. They are by nature collaborations: visual artists, calligraphers, writers, and designers join forces with papermakers, binders, block cutters, and printers. The books they create are strikingly beautiful, highly charged microcosms of deep feeling, sharp intensity, and extraordinary intelligence.

In this elegant, richly illustrated volume, renowned scholar Roger S. Keyes traces the history and evolution of these remarkable books through seventy key works, including many great rarities and unique masterpieces, from the Spencer Collection of The New York Public Library, whose holdings include one of the foremost collections of Japanese illustrated books in the West.

Hardcover, 250 color illustrations, 320 pages.



Item Number: 0295986247

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