Book of Kosode Patterns (Hiinagata Ise no umi)
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.





























