Creator
Tokutaro Yagi.
Title
Suminagashi-zome. Translated by Kyoko Muecke.
Coverage
Woodside, CA:
Publisher
Heyeck Press,
Date
1991
Description
Tokutaro Yagi was the Kyoto master of Japanese marbling (suminagashi) in the 19th century. In 1913, he dictated this text to Professor Kyoko Muecke. This first English edition of 200 copies, marbled, printed, and bound by Robin Heyeck, is printed on custom Twinrocker handmade paper. The book includes instructions for twenty suminagashi patterns, twelve marbled illustrations, and three wood engravings by Rik Olson. It is bound in marbled silk.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library Gift