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19th Century Notebooks From a Japanese Dyeworks

These are just gorgeous! This set of eight books is a treasure.  The books are the journals of a kasuri weaver/dyer from Omi, an area of Japan (present-day Shiga Prefecture)  which produced some of Japan’s finest hemp and ramie kasuri textiles, known as Omi jofu. The books date from 1859 through the beginning of last … Continue reading 19th Century Notebooks From a Japanese Dyeworks