Kuretake - Japanese kimono design book by Ichida Yaichiro
[Japan] Stunning, large, woodblock printed book filled with superb, formal kimono designs. Very scarce with just one copy in the British Library and another at Tohoku University in Japan.
Kyoto. Ichida Yaichiro (Sold by Ichida Shoten). 1902.
62 leaves. 31.4 x 21.2cm.
In very good condition. Minor wear to silk-covered covers and some minor stains. Minor age wear inside, but nothing serious. Old worm trail inside rear cover on colophon page and some old archival tape at the edges of the same page. 'Fujiya Shoten', shop and Kiryu (Gunma) address written on rear cover. Otherwise very good. b34111299
