Kosode designs from the Genroku era

Japan

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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.

Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan

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Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan
Kosode designs from the Genroku era, Woodblock-printed book, Japan

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