Kiyoki (Purity)

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Kiyoki ["Purity"]

Tabata, Seikō, Yoshī, Seisen, Yamada, Seikyo [edited by].

Kyōto: Gōmei Gaisha Unsōdō, Meiji 40 [1907].

The first volume (all published) of the little-known Unsōdō publication Kiyoki. The large format volume features fifty colour woodblock-printed designs for kimono, presumably by the editors Tabata Seikō, Yoshī Seisen, and Yamada Seikyo. The eye-catching designs feature metallic pigments and present images of birds, flowers, plants, landscapes, and butterflies. 

One musubitoji (stab-bound) volume, complete. Original wrappers worn and creased, lower a little soiled. Ex-ownership stamps to upper wrapper, pastedowns, and colophon. Tissue guards present, some torn. Occasional browning and marks to illustrations. Scrapes and discolouration to colophon. [50] pages. 33.8 x 24.4 cm.

Kiyoki (Purity)
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