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[KIMONO DESIGNS]

Hana Aoi. Shiga, Nishiyama Kihei, about 1906


A large-sized album with one hundred coloured woodblock

prints protected by tissue guards. Folio. (32.8 x 22.8 cm). With

printed numbers in Japanese. Ribbon-bound in traditional

Japanese style. Original coloured paper wrappers, worn, some

losses along edges. Hand-written title on upper cover. 


A splendid work showing lovely designs for kimonos with images

of mainly flowers but also of plants, trees and birds. Several

include cranes, which symbolise luck and longevity in Japan.

The images are woodblock-printed in beautiful, rich colours

of which many with metallic highlights


Item 25 in Catalogue 61 - ASIA

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