NIHON JIDOU BUNKO æ ¥æ å… ç«¥æ 庫ã [JAPANESE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY] 76 volumes, complete

ONCHI Koushirou æ å °å å é , binding design.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

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ONCHI Koushirou æ å °å å é , binding design. NIHON JIDOU BUNKO æ ¥æ å… ç«¥æ 庫ã [JAPANESE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY] 76 volumes, complete. Searching for a concise introduction to this set, I found a wonderful little essay written by the owner of the UMINEKO book shop in Japan. He was remarking on the exhibition of art bindings that he had seen at an exhibition of art bindings from the 20s and 30s that was held at the Old Book Center æ ±äº å ¤æ ä¼ é¤ ã in Tokyo a few years ago. This is a rather poor translation (more a paraphrase, really) from his original Japanese. Just a nice introduction to the set and the era. "When I went to the recent exhibition, I was quite taken with a variety of book named "Yenbon" It is a general term for the collection of literary works published by many publishers in the late 1920s (early Showa era). They were called 'yen book' at that time because they were priced cheaply at 1 yen per volume. So-called "Yen books" for children, representatives of which are this "Nihon Jidobunko"[Children's Library] and "Shougakusei Zenshuu" [Elementary School Children's Complete Works] ( Published by Kobunsha, Bungeishunjusha). ARS and Koubunsha are known for their fierce competition in advertising and sales in that era. "Nihon Jidoubunko" was a collection of 76 volumes published by ARS from 1927 (Showa 2) to 1930 (Showa 5). Ars Publishing is a publishing company founded by the famous poet Kitahara Hyakushu's younger brother, Tetsuo. They published wonderful works on art theory, photographic manuals, dictionaries of science. many designed by Onchi. The sales policy of this "Japan Children's Library" was "Distributed only to reserved members, not sold individually. Separate volume 'Self-Study Dictionary' will be given free of charge." In other words, quite like the animal encyclopedia my parents bought me monthly at the supermarket back in the early 60s. Illustrated by Takeo Takei, Yumeji Takehisa, Hatsuyamaji, Kiichi Okamoto and many other of the finest children's illustrators of the time. The authors and editors included Mimei Ogawa, Hakushu Kitahara, Shoyo Tsubouchi, Miekichi Suzuki, and Toson Shimazaki. Onchi himself worked on the cover art and binding of all volumes, and the cover art is different for each volume. All are very beautiful. Onchi worked on everything from the layout of the illustrations to the creation of the block copy and the creation of the advertising pamphlet for the entire volume. A revised edition was released after the war in 1953 (Showa 28). Onchi was in charge of the binding for the revised version, but the design and binding are the same for all volumes. Not varied for each volume, as here. Thus, a remarkable set, virtually impossible to find complete, of a collection of contemporary children's stories by famous Japanese authors, housed in a beautiful binding and book design. brother, Tetsuo. They published wonderful works on art theory, photographic manuals, dictionaries of science. many designed by Onchi. The sales policy of this "Japan Children's Library" was "Distributed only to reserved members, not sold individually. Separate volume 'Self-Study Dictionary' will be given free of charge." In other words, quite like the animal encyclopedia my parents bought me monthly at the supermarket back in the early 60s. Illustrated by Takeo Takei, Yumeji Takehisa, Hatsuyamaji, Kiichi Okamoto and many other of the finest children's illustrators of the time. The authors and editors included Mimei Ogawa, Hakushu Kitahara, Shoyo Tsubouchi, Miekichi Suzuki, and Toson Shimazaki. Onchi himself worked on the cover art and binding of all volumes, and the cover art is different for each of the 76. All are very beautiful. He also did the layout of the illustrations, created the block copy and the advertising pamphlet for the entire volume. A revised edition was released after the war in 1953 (Showa 28). Onchi was in c. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 91094

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Titel: NIHON JIDOU BUNKO æ ¥æ å… ç«¥æ 庫ã [...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927