ogasawara_origata TABLE ONLY its most distinctive feature would

its most distinctive feature would be that it has succeeded in creating a book with a minimum of steps

sparked by my interest in architectural joints and connections

which collected "Okoshi-ezu" (raising the teahouse) handed down to tea ceremony masters 90 years ago and published in limited quantities

Diane Arbus & Howard Nemerov (2015)

ogasawara_origata TABLE ONLY its most distinctive feature wouldThe folded specimen is Only in JapanOver 600 years old It is the culmination of gift giving culture. Book hunter Masago Sato has sent us a "Specimen of Ogasawara Style Noshi Folding"It has arrived. In a handmade ledger bound with washi paper,The three groups are "shin", "gyo" and "kusa". The finished product of the foldingAbout 117 pointsIt is pasted on. Apart from the ledger, the glue has weakened and the pages have fallen off the mount. Folded