Unai no tomo (Book of Toys) : [volume 4]
Unai no tomo is a Japanese toy book in volume four, compiled by Nishizawa Tekiho and Shimizu Seifu and published in Kyoto by Yamada Unsodo in 1913, recording traditional playthings for a general readership. The pictures show brightly coloured woodblock-style toy figures, dolls and paper playthings drawn flat against plain white pages with handwritten Japanese captions, offering a designer clear examples of pattern, layered textile motifs and simple folk-toy form.
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