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  • Japanese Typography Exhibition

Holdings Classification (Registered Name)

Japanese Typography Exhibition

Japanese Typography Exhibition

Category
  • #Graphic
Year of Production (First Edition)

1959

Designer

Hiromu Hara (Designer)

Distributor

[Self-produced]

Dimensions

W730 × H1030 mm

Materials and Techniques

Silkscreen

Design Registration Number

Unclear

Portrait and Publicity Rights Holder

Not Applicable

Copyright Registration Number

Unclear

Inquiries

Musashino Art University MUSEUM & LIBRARY Art Director

Data Source

Hiromu Hara : The Origin of Graphic Design (Heibonsha , 1985.6),
Musashino Art University Museum & Library : Musashino Art University Research Center for Art and Design , 2011.6)

Representative work by Hiromu Hara, who devoted himself to the popularization and establishment of typography

Description

A self-produced work that was exhibited at the 9th Japan Advertising Artists Society. The basic elements that make up the Japanese alphabet, “HARAI,” “TEN,” “HANE,” and “TOME,” are used to represent the faces of human figures in the composition. The paper used was Angle Color, created through the collaboration of Hara, Takeo Paper Store (now Takeo Co., Ltd.), and Masago Paper (now Tokushu Tokai Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd.).