Ezo Mamehon 28
IHL Cat. #2637
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Ezo Mamehon 28 Seasonal Topics
Hokkaidō Mamehon Association
[cover art: Kagawa Tokio]
ゑぞ・まめほん 28 季節の話題
北海道豆本の会
March 1960
page size (open): 3 5/8 x 5 5/8 (9.2 x 14.3 cm)
Description
This issue of Ezo Mamehon featured articles by the cultural critic Uehara Rorō 植原路郎 (1894-1983), a scholar of Japanese food, manners and customs, and the artist Kagawa Tokio 香川軍男 (1915-2002) (click to see profile below), who contributed each of the four small prints illustrating the seasons plus the cover art.
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Note: transcriptions and their translations below are subject to my error.
Print credit and photo of author
挿絵・薯版
香川 軍男
著者 照影 [植原路郎]
book illustrations - potato prints
by Kagawa Tokio
portrait of the author [Uehara Rorō]
blank page and title page
昭和三十五年春の号
季節の話題
植原路郎
ゑぞ・まめほん ２８
北海道豆本の会刊行
Spring issue 1960
Seasonal Topics by
Uehara Rorō (1894-1983)
Ezo Mamehon 28
Hokkaidō Mamehon Association publication
Inside front cover and blank page
pages 2 and 3
page 2
春のさきがけ
The FIrst Sign of Spring (continued)
page 3
隅田川
Sumida River
Table of Contents Spring and page 1
春
春のさきがけ...... 一
隅田川 ...... 三
香を探る ...... 七
煙草小話 ...... 一 一
Spring
The First Sign of Spring ...... 1
Sumida River ...... 3
Seeking Out the Scent ...... 7
Tobacco Gossip ...... 11
page 1
春のさきがけ
The FIrst Sign of Spring
Profile of Author and print 1 (IHL Cat. #2637a)
著者 略歴 植原路郎 (うえはら ろろう)
香 [薯版 ] [香川 軍男]
Brief profile of the author Uehara Rorō
Spring [potato print] [Kagawa Tokio]
pages 8 and 9
pages 8 and 9
香を探る
Seeking Out the Scent (continued)
pages 6 and 7
page 6
隅田川
Sumida River (continued)
page 7
香を探る
Seeking Out the Scent
pages 4 and 5
pages 4 and 5
隅田川
Sumida River (continued)
pages 14 and print 2 (IHL Cat. #2637b)
page 14
煙草小話
Tobacco Gossip (continued)
page 15
夏 [薯版 香川 軍男]
Summer [potato print] [Kagawa Tokio]
pages 12 and 13
pages 12 and 13
煙草小話
Tobacco Gossip (continued)
pages 10 and 11
page 10
香を探る
Seeking Out the Scent (continued)
page 11
煙草小話
Tobacco Gossip
pages 20 and 21
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 18 and 19
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 16 and 17
夏
河童は踊る...... 十七
Summer
Kappa Dances ...... 17
pages 26 and 27
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 24 and 25
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 22 and 23
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 32 and 33
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 30 and 31
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 28 and 29
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 38 and 39
page 38
秋
日本の紙 ...... 三九
善光寺をめぐつて ...... 四八
Japanese Paper ...... 39
A Tour of Zenkoji Temple ...... 48
page 39
日本の紙
Japanese Paper
pages 36 and print 3 (IHL Cat. #2637c)
page 36
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
page 37
秋 [薯版 香川 軍男]
Autumn
[potato print, Kagawa Tokio]
pages 34 and 35
河童は踊る
Kappa Dances (continued)
pages 44 and 45
日本の紙
Japanese Paper (continued)
pages 42 and 43
日本の紙
Japanese Paper (continued)
pages 40 and 41
日本の紙
Japanese Paper (continued)
pages 50 and 51
善光寺をめぐつて
A Tour of Zenkoji Temple (continued)
pages 48 and 49
善光寺をめぐつて
A Tour of Zenkoji Temple
pages 46 and 47
日本の紙
Japanese Paper (continued)
pages 56 and 57
雪模様
Looks Like Snow (continued)
pages 54 and 55
page 54
冬
雪模様 ...... 五五
冬のそば ...... 五九
Winter
Looks Like Snow ...... 55
Winter Soba ...... 59
page 55
雪模様
Looks Like Snow
pages 52 and print 4 (IHL Cat. #2637d)
page 52
善光寺をめぐつて
A Tour of Zenkoji Temple (continued)
page 53
冬 [薯版 香川 軍男]
Winter
[potato print, Kagawa Tokio]
pages 62 and 63
冬のそば
Winter Soba (continued)
pages 60 and 61
冬のそば
Winter Soba (continued)
pages 58 and 59
page 58
雪模様
Looks Like Snow (continued)
page 59
冬のそば
Winter Soba
blank page and inside rear cover
Fiscal Year 1959 Financial Report
[included as insert]
blank pages
pages 64 and colophon
page 64
冬のそば
Winter Soba (continued)
colophon
限定250部
本冊89番
ゑぞ・豆ほん二八号
昭和三十五年三月刊行
印刷所 札幌市中西写
真製版 [真制版] 印刷 株式合社
発行所 小樽市奥沢町
三の三 佐藤与四郎方
北海道豆本の会
振替小樽七三八一
Number 89 of a limited edition of 250 copies
Ezo Mamehon 38th issue
March 1960, issued
Printing Shop Sapporo Nakanishi Shashin
Seihan printing corporation
Publishing House Okusawa-cho, Otaru-shi, Otaru [Hokkaidō] san no san for Satō Yoshirō
Hokkaidō Mamehon no kai
Money Transfer Otaru 7381
undated photo of artist
A western-style painter and print artist from Kitami, Hokkaidō best known for his "potato prints" (薯版 ), he worked in the city government of Kitami until his retirement at the age of 49 after which he dedicated himself to print making, book design, and publishing. His best-known work is titled "薯版 AINU帖" (Imoban Ainuchō ) published in 1972 depicting objects of the Ainu culture.
For more information on the artist go to Kagawa Tokio 香川軍男 (1915-2002).
