Catalogue of Japanese Handmade Paper - House of Kajinoha, 1942

Morita Japanese Paper Company, 1942

1 oblong volume of 193x139mm. Japanese binding, red cord, red cardboard covers with the title printed in Japanese. Kajinoha logo on the second cover.

Rare catalog of handmade paper from all over Japan, by Maison Kajinoha, Morita Japanese Paper Company, Showa 17, 1942. Divided into 10 volumes and composed of 950 industrial or handmade papers, with prototypes specially designed for the catalog.

List of volumes:

Volume 1: Paper for Japanese Painting and Writing
Volume 2: Paper for Fusuma and Wallpapers
Volume 3: Machine-made Paper for Fusuma
Volume 4: Gold and Silver Paper
Volume 5: Transparent Tissue Paper
Volume 6: Handmade Paper from Various Provinces
Volume 7: Paper of Folk Taste
Volume 8: Fancy Paper
Volume 9: Handmade and Machine-made Paper for Woodblock Printing
Volume 10: Kyokushi or Japanese Vellum

Among the most impressive samples are the unryu tissue papers, almost immaterial and impossible to scan or photograph, the gold and silver papers and the few samples of veneer papers.

A rare catalogue, a real gem that is part of Japanese heritage.

Condition: good condition, some of the 950 papers are torn or cut, the book must have been used for 83 years.