Author: Noshigami.
Title: A sample book of Noshigami - special paper for gifts - from the Kadoya Dyeing Workshop, Tokyo.
Description: Tokyo [1920s?]. 24x18cm, home made printed stiff wrappers; 105 leaves of colour printed samples on different kinds of paper, various sizes. ¶ Noshi-gami is specially printed paper to be folded and attached to gifts as I understand it. The ineluctable beauty of some patterns is enhancedher, I say, by being in a quite smart cover decorated with locomotives.

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