{"product_id":"kogei-no-bi","title":"Kogei no Bi","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a privately published edition (\u003cem\u003eshihanbon\u003c\/em\u003e), limited to 150 copies, issued as a single volume in 1942 (Shōwa 17). It consists of two excerpts from Yanagi's book\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKōgei no Michi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e(The Way of Crafts), first published at the end of 1928: the first chapter and the first section of the fourth chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\"I had long held the wish to separate these parts and make them into a single book, for I believed that this would express my fundamental thoughts on craft in the simplest and clearest form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe reason I have chosen to issue several of my books as private editions is solely to achieve proper bookbinding. Since a book is itself a work of craft, I feel that attempting proper binding is a duty for someone like myself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e— Excerpt from the author's afterword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe text is printed on Mitsumata paper from Ogawa, Bushū (present-day Saitama Prefecture). The cover is bengara-dyed kudzu cloth (\u003cem\u003ekuzufu\u003c\/em\u003e) woven with cotton warp threads. The small illustrations (\u003cem\u003ekoma-e\u003c\/em\u003e) are by Keisuke Serizawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere is a previous owner's stamp on the title page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"書肆 秋櫻舎 \/ SHUOSHA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46306215329964,"sku":null,"price":27500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/1356\/9964\/files\/R0006221.jpg?v=1783922037","url":"https:\/\/shuosha-books.com\/en\/products\/kogei-no-bi","provider":"書肆 秋櫻舎　SHUOSHA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}