Book of Designs (Katazome mihonchō) 型染見本帖

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Book of Designs (Katazome mihonchō) 型染見本帖 by Unidentified artist. Two pages side by side, with two columns and six rows of squares. The pages are yellowed with age and have a rough texture. Each square has rounded corners and contains a different pattern in grey and white. The top row has four identical patterns. The second row from the top has four more patterns, with the middle left and right patterns being different from the ones on the left and right. The third row from the top has four more patterns, with all being different from each other and the ones above. The squares are arranged in a grid and separated by thin lines. There are Japanese characters written in black ink above and below each square. The background is plain and black.