JAPANESE

OPTICAL
AND
GEOMETRICAL
ART
JAPANESE
OPTICAL
AND
GEOMETRICAL
ART

Hajime uchi

DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

NEW 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.

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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

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