Over 290 chiyogami samples from the Edo to Shōwa periods

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Chiyogami Monyō Hyakushu: Shiki Banshō [“One Hundred Types of Chiyogami Patterns: All Four Seasons”]

Yoshimoto, Kanon [edited by]. 

Kyōto: Shūkōsha, Shōwa 47 [1972].

An album of over 290 tipped-in examples of woodblock-printed and stencil-printed papers from the Edo to Shōwa periods. The majority of the papers are chiyogami, but examples of non-chiyogami papers with patterns representative of the Edo, Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa periods are also included. Many of the papers are captioned with their location of origin (most are from Kyoto). Several of the patterns are described as having been designed by the artist [Takehisa] Yumeji (1884-1934). Other examples feature the use of metallic pigments. Six crepe-paper (chirimen) samples are also included. The papers feature illustrations of clothes, dolls, waves, flowers, birds, lanterns, gourds, stripes, arrows, wheels, insects, origami, women, and other traditional Japanese patterns and motifs. The last few examples feature differently-coloured variants of patterns included earlier in the book. One copy from a limited edition of 120. 

One six-hole-bound (kōkitoji) volume, complete, on double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji). Original colour woodblock-printed wrappers. Very small loss to foot of upper free endpaper and pastedown. Light foxing internally, mainly to first and last few leaves. Occasional browning and small marks to leaves. Housed in original card box (browned soiled, worn, corners professionally repaired). 3, 65, [3], 2 pages. 31.1 x 21 cm.

Over 290 chiyogami samples from the Edo to Shōwa periods
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