Database / I I I I
Design Resources: Digital Archive
Holdings Classification (Registered Name)
Japanese Typography Exhibition
Japanese Typography Exhibition
- Category
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- #Graphic
- Year of Production (First Edition)
1959
- Designer
Hiromu Hara (Designer)
- Distributor
[Self-produced]
- Dimensions
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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.).