OSHIRO, Hide

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Philadelphia: Turtle Island Press, 1978. One of 850 trade copies. [5], 49, [7]pp; illus. Marbled black paper boards; stamped silver titles and front board illustration; lacking a j acket as issued. A few pages with penciled annotations; near fine. Semi-abstract graphic interpretations by Japanese artist and illustrator Hide Oshiro of the ancient Chinese divination text I Ching. An introduction, followed by two sections of reproduced drawings and holograph text, "The Spirit of I Ching" and "The Graphic I Ching and Its Divination," the latter including drawings of all 64 I Ching sets. A striking work, simply but handsomely produced. Show more