Jun 02, 2011 - Sale 2249

Sale 2249 - Lot 184

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(COSTUME--JAPAN.) A new selection of design samples, using mulberry[-block] printing (Kajikiyin shinsen moyo hinagata, zen). 24 magnificent hand-finished wood block printed scenes on silk, each with a number and brief description for custom orders of kimono fabrics. Oblong folio, original patterned cloth, worn at edges; internally clean. Japan, circa 1890

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It has also been suggested that the designs were to be used to decorate elegant sliding doors or fusuma in fine Japanese homes.