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事業内容・インテリア用木版画の制作（浮世絵～現代アートの木版画複製）
・明治～昭和初期にかけて刊行した多色摺り図案集をモチーフにした文具・雑貨制作
・書籍出版
・展覧会図録の制作
・各制作物の企画・卸小売り

得意分野・オリジナル木版画制作
・出版（自社企画～美術館展覧会図録）
・オリジナル雑貨制作
・オリジナル図案の貸し出し
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自社の特徴日本の印刷技術のルーツである木版摺りの技術を現在も継承し、手摺木版和装本を刊行する日本で唯一の会社です。その伝統技術を継承した木版摺り、手製本を用い、現代の生活様式に即したインテリア用木版商品や、文具、出版などを制作しています。

Business contentFrom carving,printing,papermaking to binding,Unsodo can offer certain quality handmade woodblock print and book for appreciation.

Company CharacteristicsUnsodo was founded in 1891 as a publishing house with a focus on art. Yamada Naosaburø, the founder, received vital training and experience working at Kyoto’s venerable Bunkyüdo bookstore. Upon declaring his independence, he opened Unsødø at its current location, Teramachi/Nijo. In 1918, Unsodo opened a branch shop in Tokyo. The scholar/artist Tomioka Tessai created the shop name, believing that since plants are vital to the production of books,placing the plant character “so” in the center of the name would ensure the success of Unsodo books. Since its founding,there has been a steady stream of art related publications, including traditional copybook “gafu”,progressive school instruction books, “zuan” pattern books, ukiyo-e prints, photo collections and art study works. In addition to woodblock printed works, Unsodo has created works in other media: lithographic, collotype,and full-color publications devoted to the fine arts and applied arts. Unsodo is especially noted for its continuing publication of such masterpieces of book art as Katsushika Hokusai’s Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji, and his Hokusai Manga, as well as such 20th century classics as Kamisaka Sekka’s Momoyogusa. The possession of tens of thousands of original woodblocks establishes Unsodo as the authentic publisher of its woodblock printed books. ven now, the look and feel of woodblock printed books is uniquely appealing, and Unsodo publications are Japan’s most authoritative. Despite the prevalence of modern developments in offset and digital printing, Unsodo, together with the dedicated block carvers and printers of Kyoto, are pleased and proud to carry on the traditional woodblock printing of books and prints