Kyūshū Mamehon 21, 1958
Kyūshū Mamehon 21, 1958
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Kyūshū Mamehon 21
Kyūshū Mamehon Association
[cover art: Mutō Kan'ichi]
九州・まめほん
九州豆本の會
No. 21
[page size (open): 4 x 6 5/16 (10.2 x 16 cm)]
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Note: transcriptions and their translations below are subject to my error.
pages 2 and 3
page 2
限定100部
本册第28番
Number 28 of a limited edition of 100 copies
page 3
ex-libris by Kagawa Tokio [details on page 4 below]
imoban (potato print) ex libris,
[size: 3 1/8 x 2 5/16 in. (7.9 x 5.9 cm)]
page 1
十九五八・六
九州・まめほん 21
九州豆本の会
June 1958
Kyūshū ・Mamehon 21
Kyūshū Mamehon Association
front inside cover
pages 8 and 9
page 9
8ミリ「限定のはなし」 服部靜夫
8mm, [article title unread] by Hattori Shizuo
page 6 and 7
page 6 [details of print on page 4]
版画・書票 初山滋
woodblock・bookplate, Hatsuyama Shigeru
page 7 [table of contents]
九州・まめほん 第21号
Kyūshū ・Mamehon 21
目次
table of contents
表紙 木口版画 「もくれん」武藤完一
cover: end-grain woodblock print Magnolia liliiflora by Kan'ichi Mutō
版画 「アイヌの宝物」香川軍男
print: "Treasures of the Ainu" by Kagawa Tokio
版画・書票 初山滋
woodblock print: bookplate by Hatsuyama Shigeru
8ミリ「限定のはなし」 服部靜夫
[article]: 8mm, [article title unread] by Hattori Shizuo
金策の苦労 後進狂
[article]: "Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
香川氏の薯版 及川軍男 [article]: "Kagawa's Potato Prints" by Oikawa Tokio
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
[article]: "Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 4 and 5
page 4 [details of print on page 3]
薯版・アイヌの宝物 香川軍男
imoban [potato print]・Treasures of the Ainu by Kagawa Tokio
page 5
ex-libris woodblock print by Hatsuyama Shigeru
[details on page 6 left)
woodblock ex-libris
[size: 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.7 x 7 cm)]
pages 14 and 15
page 14
8ミリ「限定のはなし」 服部靜夫
8mm, [article title unread] by Hattori Shizuo
page 15
金策の苦労 後進狂
"Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
pages 12 and 13
8ミリ「限定のはなし」 服部靜夫
8mm, [article title unread] by Hattori Shizuo
pages 10 and 11
8ミリ「限定のはなし」 服部靜夫
8mm, [article title unread] by Hattori Shizuo
pages 20 and 21
金策の苦労 後進狂
"Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
pages 18 and 19
金策の苦労 後進狂
"Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
pages 16 and 17
金策の苦労 後進狂
"Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
pages 26 and 27
香川氏の薯版 及川軍男
"Kagawa's Potato Prints" by Oikawa Tokio
pages 24 and 25
page 24
金策の苦労 後進狂
"Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
page 25
香川氏の薯版 及川軍男
"Kagawa's Potato Prints" by Oikawa Tokio
pages 22 and 23
金策の苦労 後進狂
"Money Trouble?" by Koshinkyō?
pages 32 and 33
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
"Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 30 and 31
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
"Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 28 and 29
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
"Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 38 and 39
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
"Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 36 and 37
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
"Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 34 and 35
ダニエル・メヱ|ル氏の薯版
古谷貞治
"Mr. Daniel Mayer's? Potato Prints" by Furutani Sadaji
pages 44-45
pages 42 and 43
九州・まめほん 第21号
十九五八・六・一
発行所 大分県下郷局区内
官? 水谷護 方
九州豆本の会
Kyūshū ・Mamehon 21
August 1, 1958
publishing house: Oita Prefecture, Shimogō Bureau Director: Mizutani Mamoru
Kyūshū Mamehon Association
pages 40 and 41
限定版だよリ
new members
rear inside cover
Profiles of the Artists
Profiles of the Artists
undated photo of artist
Hatsuyama Shigeru 初山滋 (1897-1973)
Primarily known as an illustrator of children's books, Hatsuyama was also a successful sosaku hanga artist. As a young teenager he apprenticed at a fabric dyeing shop, which he did not enjoy. Introduced to the illustrator and woodblock print artist Igawa Sengai (1876-1961) he became one of Sengai's student employees. He would be hired as an illustrator for a children's magazine, which would become his specialty.
For more information on this artist see Hatsuyama Shigeru 初山滋 (1897-1973)
undated photo of artist
Kagawa Tokio 香川軍男 (1915-2002)
Kagawa Tokio 香川軍男 (1915-2002)
A western-style painter and print artist from Kitami, Hokkaidō best known for his "potato prints" (薯版 ), he worked in the city government of Kitami until his retirement at the age of 49 after which he dedicated himself to print making, book design, and publishing. His best-known work is titled "薯版 AINU帖" (Imoban Ainuchō ) published in 1972 depicting objects of the Ainu culture.
For more information on the artist go to Kagawa Tokio 香川軍男 (1915-2002).
artist in 1954
Mutō Kan'ichi 武藤完一 (1892-1982)
Mutō Kan'ichi 武藤完一 (1892-1982)
Born in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture. He studied under the Western-style painter Takeji Fujishima 藤島武二 (1867-1943) at Kawabata School of Painting, graduating in 1915. Began creating woodblock prints after a short course with Hiratsuka Un'ichi 平塚運一 (1895-1997). He took part in the proletarian art movement. A founding member of the Japan Etching Society. He received the Oita culture prize in 1950. In 1960, he founded the Nippankai 日版会 with Shikō Munakata 棟方志功 (1903-1975) and others and in 1964, he became a member of Kōfukai Art Association (Light and Wind Club).
Sources: Japan Wikipedia; Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975, Helen Merritt, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, p. 159-160.
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