Yachigusa (Sundry herbs)

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Yachigusa ["Sundry herbs"]

Ueno, Seikō [illustrated by].

Kyōto: Honda Unkindō, Meiji 34 [1901].

Volume one of Yachigusa, featuring thirty kimono designs by Ueno Seikō. A plethora of printing and carving techniques have been used, including sabibori (a carving technique used to produce an effect mimicking brushstrokes), kirazuri (printing with mica), and bokashi (gradation). The use of karazuri (blind-debossing) and shōmenzuri (blind-embossing) shows exceptional attention to detail in the work. Metallic pigments and gofun (a white calcium carbonate pigment made from crushed seashells) have also been used. A meticulously designed album by one of the most accomplished zuan artists of the Meiji period.

One four-hole (yotsutoji) volume, complete, on double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji). Minor wear, abrasion, and minor stains to original wrappers. Light stains to pastedowns and colophon. Minor foxing to colophon recto. Volume one of Yachigusa. Unpaged (16 unnumbered leaves). 25.1 x 17.7 cm.

Yachigusa (Sundry herbs)
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