Type : Woodblock print book (Small-sized book)
Topic : Kimono catalog. Kimono patterns in the Meiji era. Shown there are wood-block printed designs, and it seems that people had used it as samples for order-making of Kimono.
Title : Moyo bijutsu binran
Author : Asai Hironobu
Artist : Tomioka Tessai
Publisher : Yamada Naosaburo
The estimated Period : Meiji era (1893)
Material : Paper
Book Dimensions : 179mm x 121mm(7in x 4.8in)
Weight : Total 93gram (3.3oz)
Page : Total number of pages is about 52. (about 90% illustration pages + about 10% text pages)
Condition : Antique item; (damaged by tear, spot, dirt, scribbles, worm-eaten holes, etc...) Please view pictures as they are a part of the description.
The work is not a modern reproduction, but an actual one which had been printed in 1893(estimated).
