Author: Kimono design. Kyoto Koekai Design Department.
Title: [Tomikusa].
Description: Kyoto, Torii Saikodo 1915 (Taisho 4). 55x39cm cord tied publisher's patterned boards with title label; 52 leaves: one leaf of text, 50 colour lithograph plates, one leaf with colophon. Some wear to edges and marks on the covers, minor signs of use inside; pretty good. The numbering gets a bit confusing after plate 30 but the total agrees with the NDL entry. ¶ Forget the quality, feel the size. Is this the largest kimono pattern book ever published? Feel the quality anyway; this is a high class production. Worldcat finds the NDL entry but CiNii comes up empty.

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