Unai no tomo (Book of Toys) : [volume 8]

Nishizawa, Tekiho, 1889-1965, Shimizu, Seifū, 1851-1913 · 1921 · Kyoto : Yamada Unsōdō 山田芸艸堂 · 20 pictures

Unai no tomo is a Japanese picture book of stencil-printed woodblock designs, volume 8, made by Nishizawa Tekiho and Shimizu Seifu and published in Kyoto by Yamada Unsodo in 1921, probably for a general audience of artists and collectors. The pictures are flat, cut-paper style figures of costumed performers and court ladies in black, orange and sage with gold and silver hatching, offering a designer a clear model for simplified figure shapes, bold stripes and decorative kimono patterns.

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