Ryonosuke Akutagawa 173967, Jose Hernandez [Etchings] — Rashomon. with eight original etchings by Jose Hernandez

Ettan Press, 1987, 1e druk, Bound in full morocco, with separate folder containing two etchings, together in a full leather clamshell box fitted in a cloth slipcase, 1st edition thus. Folio. An exceptional edition of this classic Japanese tale. Seven etchings were incorporated in the text. A suite of two etchings (25.5 x 37.5 cm) printed separately (numbered and signed) on Guarro paper, accompanies the book. All etchings were pulled from the presses of the D. Long Studio in Madrid, Spain. The Japanese text was calligraphed by Seiji Kitagawa, Takada, Japan and was translated into English by Sumoi Adachi. The English text was set in 16° Bodoni. The book was printed by Julio Soto, Madrid, Spain on paper handmade by R. Serpa, Imago Paper Mill, Oakland, California and was bound by H. Halbach, Königstein, Germany. The edition was limited to 75 copies, numbered 1-75/75-75 + 6 copies H.C. and 6 proof copies. All were numbered and signed by the artist (in English and Japanese colofon). Designed by Milos Sovak and Sumi Adachi. \"Books as Art from Ettan Press: There are books which stand by themselves as objects of art. Their lifeline is original typography, which means drawing with the type, enjoying the elegance of the fonts and the asymmetric grace of the clusters of letters. Such books, in limited editions, breathe the perfume of ink, of leather, of bookbinder’’s glue, of fine handmade paper and freshly printed etchings. Our ambition is to create unusual books of unusual texts complemented with original artwork as a commentary, not illustration: compositions to evoke resonance between the images and the words: books as magic boxes. Ettan books are mementa, graphic theatres of printed word, paper and leather which we build in the spirit of Lautreamont’s hope that one day, perhaps, all people will make poetry. This is why we make Ettan books.\", Goed