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Gyotaku The Art & Technique of Japanese Fish Print 1964 Yoshio Hiyama Ex-Library

Yoshio Hiyama

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University of Washington Press, 1964. Ex-library cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket.

"Fish printing, whether practiced by a fisherman in the field or by a craftsman in the studio, can be a highly sophisticated and expressive art form with widespread decorative applications. The author points out that virtually any object, either natural or man-made, which possesses adequate relief, is suitable for taking rubbings by the Gyotaku techniques here described..."

Acceptable condition. Rear pastedown has a 3-inch tear to the gutter. Liquid stain along the rear fly leaf that does not show through to the other interior pages. A solid ex-library copy with shelf wear.