[DESIGN] NAITO^ Ryo^ji — So^Shoku Katto Gashu^
1933. [DESIGN] NAITO Ryoji. SOSHOKU KATTO GASHU. Tokyo, Sosaku Zuan Kankokai, Showa 8 [1933]. Western bound in incised leatheroid over boards. 26.8 x 19.5 cm. 78 b+w images, mostly full page of "Decorative Cuts" drawing on the female form - flappers, vamps and decadent androgynous beauties in many roles, pirates, a cowgirl, a nun, etc. etc. Ero-guro meets Beardsley. Very good condition in the original publisher's slipcase. Very unusual, showing a different side of the decorative impulse in the Japanese 1930s. .