JAPANESE OPTICAL AND GEOMETRICAL ART ART
JAPANESE OPTICAL AND GEOMETRICAL ART ART
Hajime uchi
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW NEW YORK YORK
Publisher’s Note
The 746 motifs in this volume, created by Hajime uchi for the Leading Part Company of Osaka, represent some of the most ingenious and attractive applications of geometrical and optical design to be found today. Expressive of fluidity, stability, radiation, etc., their application is almost limitless. The designs can be broken down into three main categories: circular (pages 1–93); predominantly square (pages 94– 165); alphabets and numbers (pages 166–170).
Copyright Copyright © 1973 by Leading Part Co. Copyright © 1977 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 1977, is a republication of the work originally published by Leading Part Co., Osaka, Japan, in 1973 under the title Leading Part I . The final 136 designs— stylized utensils, houses, furniture, means of transportation, etc.— have been omitted from the present edition. A new Publisher's Note has been written especially for this edition.
Pictorial Archive SERIES
DOVER
This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project. (For permission for additional use, please write to Permissions Department, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501.) However, republication or reproduction of any illustration by any other graphic service, whether it be in a book or in any other design resource, is strictly prohibited. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-082360 International Standard Book Number ISBN-13: 978-0-486-23553-0 ISBN-10: 0-486-23553-X Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation 23553X16 www.doverpublications.com
