Kimono

$4,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

An album in one accordion volume with 50 finely hand-painted double-page illustrations of kimono. Large 8vo 270 x 190 mm. , orig. decorated semi-stiff boards, title label on upper cover “Kyo moyo gojusshu” trans.: “Bunsei era 1818-29 Kyoto style patterns 50 varieties” . N.p.: n.d. Japan: ca. 1820 . This album contain 50 beautiful and highly-skilled hand-painted double-page illustrations, in rich and unfaded colors, of kimono, for various

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