Kosode designs from the Genroku era

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This set of two hinagatabon, woodblock-printed textile pattern books, contains kimono patterns from the early eighteenth century. The designs are indicative of the various popular patterns among well-to-do women of the merchant and samurai classes. Such printed manuals served as the fashion magazines of their day, depicting one kosode per page, with the garment shown from the back. The patterns were depicted in line drawings, supplemented with text which supplied the names of the patterns, their suggested colors, or recommended techniques by which they should be executed. These books provided information for the kosode dyers as well.

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元禄雛形
Title: Kosode designs from the Genroku era
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock-printed book
Dimensions: Image: 9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25 × 18 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Gift of Betty and Paul Nomura, in memory of Nomura Shōjirō, 2018
Object Number: 2018.954.1
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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