NMLP P-043105 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Kokoro

Natsume Sōseki · Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo · 1914

The defining point is that Sōseki designed the entire book himself, a break from his earlier practice of commissioning professional designers: by his own account he devised and drew the box, cover, endpapers, title page and colophon, including the patterns, calligraphy, seal impressions and the kenin (inspection) stamps

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-043105 for "Kokoro" by Natsume Sōseki (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043105, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).