
Formal Name: Nishijinnorimono-Shinzuan vol. Painter: Fuji Gyokushu, Kamisaka Sekka Tanaka Gekko etc. Year of publication: 1893. Contents: 10 pages of woodcut color illustrations. Size: 23.6×16cm(9.3×6.3 inch). Condition: Cover has light foxing, some staining, corners lightly creased and slightly rubbed, illustrated margins lightly foxed, corners lightly creased. As the title suggests, the book is a kimono design proposal for the Kyoto kimono industry, represented by Nisijin. These books were later taken over by Unsodo and others, but the publisher of this book is Bunkyudo, a long-established Kyoto bookshop older than Unsodo. The artists who wrote the books were not professional designers or art students, but professional Japanese painters. This book is characteristic of a time when Kyoto’s design industry was still in transition. This item is not new. Please refer to the description-of-item columns and the pictures.