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Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan

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Ehon - or "picture books"- are part of an incomparable 1,200-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 the ...

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Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan 2006, New York Public Library, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9780295986241

Hardcover