Hatsugoromo (First garments)

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Hatsugoromo ["First garments"]

Kumagai, Keiun [created by].

Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 41 [1908].

An album of thirty colour woodblock-printed textile designs produced by the textile artist Kumagai Keiun and the little-known Futaba-kai group. The brief biography of Keiun on p. 28 of the "Ku" section of Dainihon jinbutsushi: ichimei gendai jinmei jisho (Tōkyo: Hakkōsha, 1913) notes that he studied under Imao Keinen (1845-1924) and was one of the founders of the "Zuan Futaba-kai". Keiun is known to have produced two other books of designs with Unsōdō - Kerenai in 1913 and Taikan in 1914 - and individual designs for the Kyoto zuan-kai's magazine Kyōto zuan. Nowadays, Keiun II (born 1917), a designer for the Imperial Household, is better known than the first generation Keiun, with yūzen kimono designed by him attracting high prices at Japanese auctions. Although the title of the work notes it is the second volume or series, no records were traced in OCLC or major Japanese online databases for this or any other volumes of the title.  

Volume two of Hatsugoromo. One five-hole-bound (itsutsumetoji) volume, on double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji). Original wrappers a little worn and discoloured, small stains to upper left of upper wrapper. Stain and small loss to lower endpaper, small loss to upper also. Small hole to illustration 17. Most fukurotoji folds split. Light foxing to leaf margins, occasional white stains to illustrations. [15 unnumbered leaves]. 37 x 25.2 cm.

Hatsugoromo (First garments)
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