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Book of Kosode Patterns (Hiinagata Ise no umi)

Enoki, Hironobu, active 18th century · 1751 · Japan : [producer not identified] · 30 pictures

This is a Japanese pattern book of kosode textile designs, made by Enoki Hironobu in 1751 and printed for artisans and dyers who needed motifs for garments. The pages show stylised single-colour motifs in framed panels: waves, flowing river water, bamboo, grasses, pine-like clusters, and scattered blossoms, each drawn as a repeatable unit a designer could adapt to fabric or surface pattern.

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