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Kimono Kasuri Fabric Sample Book

1900-1950

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Kimono Kasuri Fabric Sample Book

1900-1950

Physical Qualities Paper, silk, cotton, ink, indigo dye, 5 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (13.7 × 21 × 3.5 cm.)
Credit Line Jeffrey Krauss Collection of Japanese Textiles
Object Number 2017.427
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2017; Jeff Krauss, Potomac, MD, by purchase 2005; koki0721 (eBay seller), Tokyo

Inscribed: Written by hand in black ink on the spine of the book: [Untranslated inscription]

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