In The Works: Japanese Edo Period Shoji
Japanese Edo Period Shoji While researching the original of the Shoji And Kumiko book I published some time ago, I ran the images through Google Translate and asked for some advice from the subRed:Translator. The subRed matched what the new Google Translate translated. Clearly Google has been doing something right. What I realized is the book was published in 1934 but the designs were drawn from Edo period architecture and published in 1920. The glass plate photographs are of existing Edo period architecture. Here is the lead to what will shortly be my updated edition: Frozen Music A Collection Of Japanese Edo Period Architectural Shoji Designs Author: Torazo Ito (Shikizo Ito)* Publisher: Kogyo Shoin; Tokyo, Japan 1920, 1934 “Printed on the 9th year of Taisho (1920) October 6th”. The original drawings and text had been published 14 years prior to the 1934 Kogyo Shoin publication dates. The author and publisher considered the illustrations to be important Edo Period design referen...