Hana momiji (Flowers and autumn leaves)

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Hana momiji ["Flowers and autumn leaves"]

Yamashita, Kōsen [illustrated by].

Kyōto: Miyata Toyamadō, Meiji 34 [1901].

An album of 37 colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono by Yamashita Kōsen. The designs present a creative array of themes including rabbits, birds, umbrellas, landscapes, and insects, and occasionally feature metallic pigments and karazuri blind embossing. The woodblocks for the prints were carved by Kinoshita Yūnosuke and printed by Sekika Ishimatsu; the resulting prints were published by Miyata Tomekichi (of Miyata Toyamadō) and distributed by Honda Ichijirō (the founder of Unkindō). Kōsen also produced Iro shikishi, Hanakata, and Aoi with Miyata Toyamadō in the Meiji period. Only one copy traced in OCLC, at Japan's NDL. 

One concertina-bound (orijō) volume, complete. Original cloth-covered boards, with losses to extremities, stains, and soiling. Original mounted daisen title panel present. Light offsetting, soiling, white marks, browning, and a few small stains to card leaves. Index included. [21 unnumbered leaves]. 36.7 x 25 cm.

Hana momiji (Flowers and autumn leaves)
Price: $2,150.00 (USD)