The Perfect The Indigenous Patterns And Hotel Okura, 1964, Hc, Vg. Flash Sale: 45% Off [pR0AJNEd]

Noda, Iwajiro. Tokyo: Iwajiro Noda, 1964.

Japanese & English, Very Good, HC, 4to, 12" x 9", 103 pp. 

Blue cloth over board, stamped silver titling to front panel, none to spine, slight outward bend to boards, small spot of brown to front cover, otherwise, clean, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. 103 pp. Replete with black-and-white and full-color images, fold-out color illustration, bound-in rice paper over half-title page, Foreword by Iwajiro Noda, five sections: "The Patterns from Nature," "Indigenous Architecture," "The Miscellaneous Patterns," "Other Patterns," and "The Okura Shukokan Museum," and A Chronological Table of World History. From the Foreword: "The present volume, 'The Indigenous Patterns and Hotel Okura', is an attempt to interpret to you our concept of hospitality through a generous use of patterns indigenous to Japan on numerous surfaces and fixtures throughout the hotel. It will also illustrate how some ancient expressions of beauty have been successfully translated into a modern architectural reality.'"