Nippon No Dentoshoku /The Traditional Colors of Japan - Nagasaki Seiki

A long-selling dictionary of historical Japanese colors. 
 
Condition: New
 
Edited by Nagasaki Seiki, the leading authority of the history of color in Japan. Nagasaki made an extensive background research on the colors that had been known and reproduced in the Japanese visual world, dating back for centuries. 

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The contents:
● Visual chart of the 225 colours that are sampled in this book, with Japanese/English names.
● Description and background of 225 colours, including how they were created / Japanese text only
● Swatches of 225 colours with Munsell values (Hue, Value/Chroma), with Japanese/English names. Each colour has 5 tabs of swatches.

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Condition: New
Published in 2006, Seigensha (Tokyo).
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Pages: 328 with a set of color charts
Dimensions: 148 × 105 × 20 mm, Weight 260 g
Binding: paperback
 
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★ From the publishers description:
The many colors that adorn Japanese classical works—such as the Man’yōshū, The Pillow Book, and The Tale of Genji—could not now be seen in their true forms. The only way to understand them was to search through documents and infer their appearance.
 
In this book, the author, a leading authority in historical color study, has conducted scholarly research based on the well examined sources collected over many years, including ancient manuscripts, fragments of historic textiles, and dye sample relics. These colors have also been recreated through trial dyeing to verify their tones.
 
All 225 colors are presented with detailed information on dyes, traditional dyeing techniques, color characteristics, and their historical usage. In addition, the book includes a chronological bibliography, comparative tables of Japanese and Western color names, references, and English color names.
Color charts and Munsell values are also provided for practical use, making this book a comprehensive encyclopedia of Japanese colors.