Moyō hinagata miyako no nishiki / [henshū Yamanaka Kichirobē] : [volume 1]

1886 · Ōsaka : Yamanaka Kichirobē · 18 pictures

Moyō hinagata miyako no nishiki is a Meiji-period pattern book of kimono designs, compiled by Yamanaka Kichirobē and published in Osaka in 1886 for textile designers and dyers. Its pages are colour woodblock prints showing whole kimono silhouettes filled with motifs, and a designer can take from them the arrangement of pattern across a garment's full shape, from pine and cherry branches to bamboo, water and flowers.

Kimonos -- Pattern design · Textile design -- Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 · Color prints, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912

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