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The Indigenous Patterns and Hotel Okura. they are an earnest defenceNODA, Iwajiro. The Indigenous Patterns and Hotel Okura. Revised edition. 4to. 104pp with colour plates throughout. Silver stamped cloth boards in a cardboard slipcase. Texts in English and Japanese. Tokyo: Iwajiro Noda, 1982. A lovely book detailing the exquisite textiles and wallpaper patterns throughout the interiors of the iconic Hotel Okura in Tokyo. Built two years ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 by a diverse team of designers including