Tokyo: Yobisha Co., Ltd., 1986. First edition, first printing, limited edition. Presentation copy, boldy inscribed by Hishinuma in blue ink at front to American curator Mildred Constantine: "To Mrs. Mildred / Constantine / Yoshiki". Profusely illustrated with photographic reproductions. Publisher's blue and green cloth; pictorial endpapers; in original plastic slip case, and in original cardboard slip case and chemise, with printed paper cover label.

Mildred Constantine (1913-2008) was an American curator and author. From the 1940s to the early 1970s she was curator at the Museum of Modern Art, where she developed groundbreaking exhibitions on turn of the century and modern posters and graphic design. Following her departure from MoMA, she wrote and curated exhibitions on the emerging fiber arts movement, and published Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric, in 1973.