Quarto, black cloth covered boards with gilt cover decoration and gilt spine titles. 234pp. including index, extensive biliography and detailed notes as well as five appendices on dyes and colors, weaving patterns, lining inscriptions, changes in kosode dimensions and cutting and layout of cloth. Illustrated throughout with 56 full page full color photographs of Japanese dress with detailed notes on each facing page. An beautiful book production and a very scholarly record for the collector of Japanese dress and textiles, from the renowned collection of Nomura Shojiro, in conjunction with an exhibition by the Japan Society. Publishers introductory letter laid in. A beautiful unblemished volume, very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked with sparkling gilt, in a crisp, tight, sharp and flawless dust jacket in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase with printed and decorated paste on title label. Fine in fine dust jacket and slipcase. AS NEW.

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Title

Kosode: 16Th-19th Century Textiles from the Nomura Collection

Publisher

Japan Society/Kodansha International, New York

Publication Date

1984

Language

English

ISBN 10

0870114298

ISBN 13

9780870114298

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

As New

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