Moyō hinagata miyako no nishiki / [henshū Yamanaka Kichirobē] : [volume 2]

1886 · Ōsaka : Yamanaka Kichirobē · 10 pictures

This is a Meiji-period Japanese pattern book, published in Osaka in 1886 by Yamanaka Kichirobē, compiled as a design sourcebook for kimono makers and textile designers. The pictures show paired kimono silhouettes printed in colour, each filled with a different motif such as maple leaves, pines, cherry blossom, fans, coins, and stripes. A designer could take from them a range of ready-made layouts for placing motifs across a garment shape, including diagonal banding, overlapping fans, and scattered autumn foliage.

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

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art · No known copyright restrictions · More from this library