Unsôdô
Unsôdô
founded 1891
Unsodo is the name of a large Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1891, this company is still in existence today. From the 1890s through the 1930s, the Unsodo publishing house was involved in printing high quality pattern books for various crafts including textiles and lacquer. They also published fine art books with color woodblock print illustrations. After World War II, Unsodo became associated with a number of different shin hanga artists. Unsodo published several series of original landscape prints during the late 1940's, including 'Twelve Views of Japan' and 'Twelve Views of Kyoto'.
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