HAYAMIZU MOTOAKI & KATÍ SUMIHIKO:

Katsubi (Design of textiles). Kyoto, Hayamizu Zuanjo, Taish› 6 (1917).

. Large 8vo. Size: 19 x 26 cm. Pp. (ii) + 40 double folded leaves with woodblock-printed colour illustrations depicting various motifs and designs to be used for textiles. As issued folded and stitched in the Japanese fashion in original pictorial wrappers. With Asian red stamps. Partly with one small stain at upper margin. The images feature animals, plants and landscapes, all monochromatic rendered in brown, green, red or grey colour. This kind of textile design book, zuan-ch›, was produced in collaboration between creative publishers and inventive artists, intended to be appreciated for their own sake, as much as for any practical reason. 

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Book number: 100641

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, textiles, designs, travel, exploration, textile

CHIHARU TAKASHIMA :

Kyûko zufu, Shokumon no bu (Textile section) : . Tokyo, Yurindo, ca 1870-90.

. Folio (31.5 x 22.3 cm). Lvs (28), leporello-folded. With fifty-two beautiful woodblock-printed designs, fine impression. Printed Japanese captions. Original front paper cover (lightly stained), without rear cover. Printed title label on front cover. This volume is titled "textile section" which may mean that there are more parts published. But the British Library has only noted this part (1840). The original was published in 1840, this is a later reprint.A lovely pattern book for textiles with many striking designs printed in bright, rich colours.

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Book number: 121406

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, woodcut, woodblock-printed, illustrated,

YAMAGA, SEIKA (Ed.):

Mukashi watari sarasa (Ancient imported calicos or chintz). Three volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Taisho 6 (1917).

. Folio. Lvs. (26); (23); (25), interleaved. Japanese title and and colophon (four leaves), and seventy leaves with numerous woodblock printed designs of sarasa. Bound in the Japanese style. Original decorated paper covers, silk threads, paper title slips on upper covers (one loose). Indian sarasa (calico) was initially imported to Japan by the Portuguese seafaring traders in the early 17th century. The exotic colourful designs featuring floral and figurative motifs became enormously popular among the wealthy samurai and merchant classes. Production of domestic sarasa began in the late 1600s when skilled Japanese dye workers found a method to replicate the designs of Indian calicos. Seika Yamaga (1885-1981) was a weaving master active in Kyoto. An impressive and attractive work presenting a huge selection of striking abstract geometric and animal design. Published by the renowned printing company Uns›d› in Kyoto.

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Book number: 100704

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, textile, textiles, illustrated, design, sarasa, chintz, calico,

YAMAMOTO, SEKKEI:

Shin Gosho moy› (Imperial Decoration). Five volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Showa 8-9 (1933-4).

. Folio (27 x 41 cm). A complete set of Sekkei's impressive work of Imperial designs. Contains 125 woodblock illustrations (12 x 29.5 cm), opposite pages with fine outline illustrations and Japanese captions. Accordion folded. Original silk decorated boards, in different colours, with printed title label, some minor stain (more to the second volume). Housed in the original paper folders with title labels, publisher's stamps and labels, cotton ties, worn.An impressive work with colourful designs depicting flowers, plants, artefacts, birds, butterflies, etc. Protected by tissue guards (a few missing). Some browning to the paper, mainly offsetting from the guards, gold and silver sprinkles have oxidised. Seems rare, no complete copies at OCLC.Yamamoto Sekkei, renowned artist in Kyoto who practised the traditional art dyeing technique Yûzen and taught Kawarazaki Kodo and others. Yûzen, which originated in the 17th century, is a process using stencils to transfer a design on to fabric, colours added layer by layer inside outlines.

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Book number: 121224

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, textile, pattern, woodcut, illustration