Shōko gaishoku ichiran : Volume 1 / Honma Hyakuri ; [kōseisha Kawasaki Chitora]

Honma, Hyakuri, -1854 · 1901 · Tōkyō : Yoshikawa Hanshichi · 64 pictures

A Japanese colour reference volume compiled by Honma Hyakuri and published in Tokyo in 1901, presenting woven and dyed textile samples as printed colour plates. The pictures show lacquered or woven storage chests with vertical stripes in graded shades, each rendered as a flat block of colour with a patterned lower band. A designer could take from them a ready set of tonal palettes, from indigo and slate to ochre and cream, and the stripe and cross-stitch border motifs for pattern work.

Weapons · Color

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