Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera

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[Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera]

[Illustrators unidentified].

[Tōkyō: Miyake Mokuhan Surisakuho, ca. mid-Shōwa period (1950s)].

Two albums of tipped-in ephemera, including menus, invitations, advertisements, and New Year's cards, woodblock printed for a range of Tokyo-based clients by the Miyake Woodblock Printing Store. Several prints provide the name of the firm's (main) printer: Miyake Yōzō. Considering the number of advertisements produced for them, one of Miyake's best clients must have been the famous restaurant Shōsenkaku. Several prints feature playful fold-out sections. A valuable record of a small woodblock printing company operating in early postwar Tokyo.

Two albums of primarily woodblock-printed ephemera. Boards worn, wrappers lifting, extremities rubbed. Binding of one album split, that of the other shaken. Gutters a little mottled. Some prints loose or lacking. Occasional browning, marks, foxing, soiling, and tears internally. Comes with an album (binding split) of tipped-in newspaper and magazine cuttings possibly used by the woodblock printing firm for design and typography ideas. [Unpaginated]. Each volume measures approximately 25.6 x 18.9 cm.

Two albums of woodblock-printed ephemera
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