JAPANESE BUILDING TILES

[Soushoku Renga- Kashiwagi-shiki- Uoru Ban].  [12 ff].  Illustrated with one leaf with two photographs of building exteriors, a colour chart and 18 numbered coloured diagrams on seven leaves, plus one illustration of cornices.  Oblong 8vo., 150 x 220 mm, bound in publisher’s patterned paper wrappers.  [Tokyo: Tsukiji Katsuban Seizousho Insatsu , 1914]. An appealing Japanese pattern book/trade catalog for exteriors building tiles from the manufacturer Kashiwagi.    The subtle colour palette and simple geometric patterns give this rare work a pleasing modern quality.  There is an insignificant, faint marginal stain, otherwise a fine copy.