Ha Bun Shu Book Of Designs

[Ken-Hawaii]

This book brings together a wonderful selection of wave and ripple designs produced by the Japanese artist Mori Yuzan, about whom not a lot is known, apart from that he hailed from Kyoto, worked in the Nihonga style, and died in 1917 (which would make this a posthumous collection). Similar work is also collected in Hamon shu (Wave patterns), a multi-volume work brought out at the beginning of the 20th century. Both these works would have acted as a kind of go-to guide for Japanese craftsmen looking to adorn their wares with wave and ripple patterns. The designs would have found their way onto swords (both blades and handles) and associated paraphernalia (known as “sword furniture”), as well as lacquerware, Netsuke, religious objects, and a host of other items.

 

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/ha-bun-shu-a-Japanese-book-of-wave-and-ripple-designs-1919/

[Vermithrax16]

Nice link Ken!

[Katsujinken]

You know something like is awesome because we all link to it every year or so! :-)

 

Thanks for resurfacing with valuable added context, Ken. Love that about this place.

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/22964-ha-bun-shu-a-Japanese-book-of-wave-and-ripple-designs-1919/