Dyeing record of Indigenous Japanese Plants and Trees / 日本固有草木染色譜

Bibliographic Details

Title
Dyeing record of Indigenous Japanese Plants and Trees / 日本固有草木染色譜
Author
Akira Yamazaki / 山崎斌
Publisher
Japan Botanical Dye Research Institute / 日本植物染料研究所
Year
1933
Size
h280 × w215 × 20mm
Weight
360g
Pages
57
Language
Japanese / 日本語

58 dyed threads with 5 colored papers attached 染糸58点色紙5枚貼付、全59点のうち1点(藍の項目の第二十三例)が欠損。 Illustrated with woodblock prints by Momoho Hirafuku. Dyed with plants and herbs. Handmade Japanese paper. 平福百穂木版画入。植物染色・草木染。手漉和紙本。 Toson Shimazaki / Sabrosuke Okada Introduction 島崎藤村 / 岡田三郎助 序

This book is a theory of plant dyeing in Japan. Numerous actual dyed yarn samples are pasted in to aid the reader's understanding. Includes two original woodblock prints by Momoho Hirafuku. All of the text paper is handmade Japanese paper (tsukimyo-shi), and the book is tastefully and beautifully bound with herb-dyed cotton cloth.
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