Ezo Mamehon 30
IHL Cat. #2638
click on image to enlarge
Ezo Mamehon 30
In Praise of Paper
Hokkaidō Mamehon Association
[cover art: Sekino Jun'ichiro]
ゑぞ・まめほん
和紙禮讃
北海道豆本の会
1960
page size (open): 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 (9.8 x 13.3 cm)
Description
This issue of Ezo Mamehon was all about Japanese paper with fifteen paper samples including a stencil dyed sample from the Serizawa Dyeing Laboratory. Articles were provided by paper historian and bibliophile, active in the folk art (mingei) movement, Jugaku Bunshō 寿岳文章 (1900-1992). The cover illustration was created by Sekino Juni'chirō 関野準一郎 (1914-1988).
Originally published in October 1960, the inside of the rear cover indicates that this issue may have been reprinted in 1981 by the Oji Paper Company as a supplement to their quarterly magazine, Kami.
A Recollection from Junpei Sekino
"I remember my father [Sekino Jun’ichirō] spending quite a bit of time on Mamehon productions in the 1950s, often mingling with Takei Takeo and Kawakami Sumio (aka Kawakami Chosei), et al, but he kept his Mamehon collection (comprising tens of them) in several miniature wooden 'Mamehon cabinets.' For some reason, I wasn't enticed to open the attractive cabinets to inspect what were in them, so I have very little memory about his Mamehon. I recalled from your web page, however, that he had sets of wood engraving tools (that were very different from his Japanese woodcutting tools) and smaller and more polished pieces of wood for engraving. I believe he applied wood engraving mainly for Mamehon covers and illustrations.
The model for the girl that appears on the covers of Mamehon 7 and Mamehon 10 is undoubtedly my sister who was only 8 at the time. Interestingly, her appearance became more like the cover picture when she became a little older."[1]
[1] email received May 24, 2022
click on an image to enlarge
Note: transcriptions and their translations below are subject to my error.
Description of paper used and page 1
表紙用表 OKもみしぼ
本文用表 サンフーガ
Front cover: OK momishibo
Body pages: Sanfūga
page 1
和紙禮讃 壽岳文章
In Praise of Japanese Paper by Jugaku Bunshō [1900-1992]
Dyed paper and table of contents
芥沢染色研究所型染
限定270部 本冊〇〇番
Serizawa Dyeing Laboratory, stencil dyeing
Edition of 270
unnumbered
目次
和紙禮讃 .... 一
各地の和紙 .... 九
みちのく紙白石和紙 .... 一七
出雲民芸紙 .... 三一
八尾の染紙 .... 三五
あとがき ....三九
カツト .... 関準野一郎
Table of Contents
In Praise of Japanese Paper .... 1
Paper from Various Regions .... 9
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi .... 17
Izumo Mingeishi (Folkcraft Paper) .... 31
Yatsuo Dyed Paper .... 35
Postscript .... 39
Woodcut [cover illustration] .... Sekino Juni'chirō
Inside front cover and title page
昭和三十五年の秋
ゑぞ・豆本第三十号
和紙禮讃
北海道豆本の会
Autumn 1960
In Praise of Japanese Paper
Hokkaidō Mamehon Association publication
pages 6 and 7
和紙禮讃 壽岳文章
In Praise of Japanese Paper by Jugaku Bunshō [1900-1992]
pages 4 and 5
和紙禮讃 壽岳文章
In Praise of Japanese Paper by Jugaku Bunshō [1900-1992]
pages 2 and 3
和紙禮讃 壽岳文章
In Praise of Japanese Paper by Jugaku Bunshō [1900-1992]
page 3
木村青竹紙譜
Kimura Seichiku shifu
[an Illustration from] "Kimura Seichiku Record of Papers" [a 1777 Japanese catalogue of papers]
pages 12 and 13
pages 12
越中染紙 紺紙
越中染紙 グリーン
Etchū dyed paper, dark blue
Etchū dyed paper, green
page 13
越中染紙 洗朱
越中染紙 黄染
Etchū dyed paper, washed red
Etchū dyed paper, yellow dye
pages 10 and 11
page 10
信州内山 障子紙
奥州白石 障子紙
Shinshū Uchiyama shoji paper
Ōshū Shiroishi shoji paper
page 11
鳥取因州 便箋
栃木鳥山 便箋
Tottori Inshū writing paper
Tochiki Toriyama writing paper
pages 8 and 9
page 9
各地の和紙
Paper from Various Regions
pages 18 and 19
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 16 and 17
page 16
楮雁紙 原色
三椏紙 原色
Kōzo-gami paper, natural color
Mitsumata paper, natural color
page 17
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 14 and 15
page 14
出雲芸紙 鶯色
楮雁皮筋入 紫紺
Izumo mingeishi, olive green
Ribbed mulberry paper [kōzo gampi], bluish purple
page 15
三椏紙 紅柄染
楮紙 楊梅皮染
Mitsumata paper, red pattern dyed
Kōzo-gami paper, Bayberry (yamamomo kawa) dye
pages 24 and 25
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 22 and 23
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 20 and 21
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 30 and 31
page 30
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku paper Shiroishi washi by Kanno Shin’ichi
(1907- ?)
page 31
出雲民芸紙
Izumo Mingeishi (Folkcraft Paper)
[ by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)]
pages 28 and 29
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 26 and 27
みちのく紙白石和紙
菅野新一
Michinoku Paper Shiroishi Washi by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)
pages 36 and 37
八尾の染紙
Yatsuo Dyed Paper
[ by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)]
pages 34 and 35
page 34
出雲民芸紙
Izumo Mingeishi (Folkcraft Paper)
[ by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)]
page 35
八尾の染紙
Yatsuo Dyed Paper
[ by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)]
pages 32 and 33
出雲民芸紙
Izumo Mingeishi (Folkcraft Paper)
[ by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)]
colophon and inside rear cover
colophon
ゑぞ・豆本第三十号
昭和三十五年十月刊行
発行・北海道豆本の会
佐藤与四郎
Ezo Mamehon No. 30
Published October 1960
Publisher Hōkkaido mamehon no kai
Satō Yoshirō
inside rear cover
季刊「紙」第二号付録
昭和56年7月1日発
王子製紙株式会社
印刷 凸版印刷株式会社
The Kami: Quarterly Magazine, Supplement, No. 2
July 1, 1981
[published by] Oji Paper Company
Printing Toppan Printing Company
pages 38 and 39
page 38
八尾の染紙
Yatsuo Dyed Paper
[ by Kanno Shin’ichi (1907- ?)]
page 39
あとがき
Postscript
Profiles of the Artists
undated photo of artist
Sekino Juni'chirō 関野準一郎 (1914-1988)
Sekino Juni'chirō is one of the major post-WWII figures in the sosaku hanga (creative print) movement. He was born in Yasukata-cho, Amori Prefecture in northern Japan in 1914, the first son of Junzō Sekino who owned a wholesale fertilizer store. From an early age Sekino displayed an artistic bent and a fascination with Japanese woodblock.
While largely a self-taught artist, having closely studied available material on woodblock carving and printing while still young, he did study etching at Nishida Takeo’s Japanese Etching Institute and oil painting and drawing at a private painting school. In addition, starting in 1931, he studied intaglio printmaking and lithography with printmaker Kon Junzō (1893-1944), who considered Sekino "an artistic genius."
In 1981 he was awarded the Purple Medal Ribbon by the Japanese Government. The following year, he had a solo exhibition at Central Museum Tokyo and in 1987 he was award the 4th class medal by the Japanese government.
For more information on this artist see Sekino Juni'chirō 関野準一郎 (1914-1988).
