Modern Japanese Posters
Museum and Archives,
Kyoto Institute of Technology
Design Collection 3
- Price:
- 1,500 yen (JPY)
- Author(s):
- Seiji Wada and Tsumiki Wada
- Language(s):
- In Japanese
- Size:
- 148 × 105 × 20 mm , 240 g
- Pages:
- 288
- Binding:
- softcover
- Release date:
- 20180326
- ISBN:
- 978-4-86152-656-5 C0070
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