Narumikata
Narumikata is a Japanese pattern book compiled by Odagiri Shunkō (1810-1888) and published in Nagoya in 1883 by Katano Tōshirō, collecting decorative motifs for craftsmen and designers. The pages are black-line woodblock prints of floral rosettes, scrolling clouds, abstract geometric repeats and stylised animals, with Japanese captions beside each motif. A designer could take from them compact repeat units, flower-and-cloud arrangements and simple line drawings that adapt readily to textile, lacquer or print work.
