: Kendo Zuansho (A collection of designs by Kendo). Two volumes. Kyoto, Honda Unkindõ, Meiji 36 (1903). SAWADA SÕZAN (SAWADA, KENDO or SEIICHIRÕ): East Asia

Complete in two volumes. Lvs: 15, 13, (1). Including title, index and publisher's adv. but without colophon. Text in Japanese. With fifty coloured woodblock-printed designs. Double folded leaves in the Japanese fashion (fukuro-toji). Resewn in original decorated paper wrappers, lightly soiled. Light crease to last leaf of volume two. Light browning to endpaper of volume one. A very attractive set of designs depicting birds, flowers, plants and landscapes for kimonos and other textiles. Very good impression, some are highlighted by silver ink. These manuals (zuan-chõ) were used as guides by both consumers and designers. Sawada Sõzan (or Seiichirõ) was a famous Japanese potter and graphic designer who developed works full of originality. He belonged to a well-known group of Kyoto potters (including Kiyomizu Rokubei) who distinguished themselves through very fashionable and high-quality work. He went to the US in 1904 to study art at Columbia University and founded the Sawada Zuancho design studio when he returned to Japan. Rare, we have found only one library copy in OCLC, at Japan's National Diet Library.