Three Volumes of Traditional Wave Designs
Printed in the ‘Hamonshu’, these patterns were used to adorn swords, ceramics, and other decorative and religious objects.
In 1903, Mori Yuzan, a little-known Japanese artist from Kyoto, created a design work comprised of three volumes and entitled Hamonshu. It presents various traditional Japanese wave designs that could be used by local artisans to adorn swords, ceramics, and other decorative and religious objects.
Thanks to the Internet, the book is reliving its youth through a digital version that is now available on the Internet Archive website.
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