Alternative History of Publishing in Japan 1923 -1945: Books Beautiful Truly.
Miyatake Gaikotsu, Ito Chikusui, Sakamoto Atsushi, Umehara Hokumei, Takeuchi Michinosuke, Kitahara Tetsuo, Hasegawa Minokichi, Haruyama Yukio, Hirai Ko, Iwasa Toichiro, Tamaru Takuro, Fukuhara Shinzo, Okamura Yushi, Uemura Masuro, Yanagi Muneyoshi, Jugaku Bunsho, Nishikawa Mitsuru, Yamazaki Akira, Egawa Masayuki, Kusano Sadayuki, Noda Seizo, Yamamoto Takeo, Kojiro Tanesuke, Saito Shozo, Iwamoto Wasaburo, Hirose Chika, Izawa Jiro, Aki Shunosuke, Hirai Hiroshi, Shimo Taro, Moriya Hitoshi

Text: Khori Junichiro
Text and Cooperation: Tobirano Rabbito, Takahashi Nobuyuki, Muroga Kiyonori, Shirai Yoshihisa
Typeface Information: Okazawa Yoshihide
Editorial Cooperation: Kawamoto Kaname
Photograph: Yamada Yoshihiro
Special Thanks: Kotani Koji for the Manuscript of
One Thousand and One-Second Stories
(photo by Oshima Takuya)

Cover Artwork from Takei Takeo, “Chijyo no Matsuri” (Aoi shobo, 1938)

Miyatake Gaikotsu

Ito Chikusui

Sakamoto Atsushi
Umehara Hokumei
Takeuchi Michinosuke
Kitahara Tetsuo

Hasegawa Minokichi

Haruyama Yukio
Hirai Ko
Iwasa Toichiro

Tamaru Takuro
Fukuhara Shinzo
Okamura Yushi
Uemura Masuro
Yanagi Muneyoshi

Jugaku Bunsho
Nishikawa Mitsuru
Yamazaki Akira

Egawa Masayuki

Kusano Sadayuki
Noda Seizo
Yamamoto Takeo

Kojiro Tanesuke
Saito Shozo
Iwamoto Wasaburo
Hirose Chika
Izawa Jiro
Aki Shunosuke

Hirai Hiroshi
Shimo Taro

Moriya Hitoshi

20th Century Editorial Odyssey
Vol. 6 Book Labyrinth of Yoshihiro Yonezawa
by Yuichi Akata & Barbora
Photo by Takashi Shima

Emil Ruder: Fundamentals
Vol. 4 Rhythm
Design: Helmut Schmid, Translation: Roy Cole, Ikue Amemiya

Emil Ruder’s ‘fundamentals’ and his magnum opus ‘Typographie’

Margins of Design
Vol. 4 Naoki Sato
Interview & Design by Yuma Harada, Text by Tomomi Tada, Photo by Yoshiro Masuda

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