Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969 (cover)
Takei Takeo, Rainbow Print, 1969 (outer box cover)
Takeo Takei (1894-1982) published his “Rainbow Print” — a handmade artist’s book — in 1969. (This is another one found for me by a friend vacationing in Japan — someday I’ll get there myself!)
If you want to buy all 139 handmade books by Takeo Takei and have $45,000 to spare, go here.
Click images for larger views (though note the book is only 5-3/4″ x 6-3/4″).
Previously:
Takeo Takei Lab of Ornithology
—Takeo Takei – Children’s Day in Japan, 1936
—Forty-five thousand dollar leftovers
—Oedipus at Hiroshima
—Early 20th century Japanese magazine covers
—Early 20th century Japanese book covers
