Seru shiori (Guidebook to seru fabric)

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Seru shiori ["Guidebook to seru fabric"]

[Ichida, Yaichirō].

Tokyo: Y. Ichida & Co., [ca. early Taishō period (1910-20s)?].

This 'guidebook' produced by Y. Ichida & Co. introduces the firm's factory in monochrome photographic illustrations, the majority of which show the machinery used to manufacture seru. The word seru derives from serge, which was imported in the Meiji period; seru came to mean a woven twill or plain (woollen) fabric typically for kimono. Ichida Yaichirō, the founder of the kimono retailer Y. Ichida & Co., is well-known for producing books of textile designs and samples including Hanakasane (1898) and Kuretake (1902). No copies traced in OCLC or major Japanese library databases.

One stab-bound (musubitoji) volume, on single leaves. Original fold-around wrappers, foxed, browned, and lightly stained. Tears to spine and hinge of fold-over wrapper. Corners bumped, extremities chipped. Discolouration and crease to title, occasional small marks and marginal tears internally. Tissue guard browned. [16] leaves including title, printed on one side. 18.7 x 25.4 cm.

Seru shiori (Guidebook to seru fabric)
Price: $180.00 (USD)