BIJUTSUKAI

1903. [DESIGN] UNSODO, Publisher. BIJUTSUKAI Kan no Ichi. Kyoto, Unsodo, 24.0 x 16.3 cm 60 numbers of the 70 numbers printed in the BIJUTSUKAI design series, Numbers 1 thru 61, missing number 59] Originally issued, as here, in 70 volumes in the early 1900s.... Number one was published on January 1st, Meiji 36 [1903], Number 61 in 1905... Over 1200 color woodblock printed designs. A remarkable achievement by most of the important designers of the day. Bijutsukai printing is always good, the early printings here are extraordinary, very good condition though number one is a bit tired.. Enclosed in a clasped chitsu case. There is quite a bit of confusion about this series BIJUTSUKAI and the SHIN-BIJUTSUKAI series which followed it. They are two different sets of design.. The BIJUTSUKAI was printed under the general rubric of Shinbijutsukai, but they are two different works pubished with two different series titles and numbering. Early printings of the BIJUTSUKAI have become unusual, such a long run of the individual issues, unheard of. (Inventory #: 91131)