FURUYA KORIN. Design book, Japan: Yamada Geishudo, 1907.
Oblong
octavo about 10x7 inches, unpaginated with 13 woodblock-printed leaves
separated by parchment, 4 images per leaf for a total of 52, cardboard
covers, front cover with paper label attached. Artistic themes include
leaves and trees, water, Mount Fuji, and others, with some abstraction.
Wikipedia: "Furuya Kōrin was a Japanese artist, illustrator, and designer
active in the Kyoto arts and crafts circle in the Meiji period of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries." His paintings are held in museums around the world.
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