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Designs inspired by butterfly wings, by Shimomura Gyokuko

Kochōshiki (Expressions of butterflies)

Creative designs for brocade-embroidered pouches

Kintaichō (A gathering of brocade bags)

Over one hundred colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono

Kuretake (Henon bamboo)

Striking designs by Ogino Issui

Zuan hyakudai (Designs on one hundred themes)

One hundred patterns from the capital

Tomon hyakka (One hundred flowers of patterns from the capital)

New Arrivals

Patterns for winter clothing
Fuyumono ishō-zukushi (Various winter clothes), Meiji gannen [1868].

A manuscript of creative seal designs
Inpu (Book of seals), Meiji 23-24 (1890-91)

Circular hand-painted motifs
An album of circular motifs, ca. early to mid-Meiji period (1860-90s)?

Hand-painted inrō designs
A manuscript album of designs for inrō and other objects, ca. late Edo period (1830-50s?).

Unconventional designs for artisans and craftspeople
Shoke jimonshiki (Woven pattern styles of various families), ca. mid-Edo period (1760-70s)].

Over 100 colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono
Kuretake (Henon bamboo), 1902

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