Book of Designs (Osaka chō Sakoeya) 大阪町迫江屋

The image shows an open book with 12 squares of fabric swatches in 3 rows and 4 columns on aged paper. The book is open to two pages that are attached on the left side. The fabric swatches are dark gray to black. The top row has a square of woven fabric with a geometric pattern, a tightly woven square, a woven square with raised diagonal lines, and a square with a textured irregular pattern. The second row has a tightly woven fabric with a crosshatch pattern, a woven square with diagonal lines, a woven square in a chevron pattern, and a square with a dense irregular texture. The third row has a woven fabric square with raised diagonal lines, a woven square with small raised dots, a woven square with a dense irregular texture, and a square with a dense small dot pattern. Above and below each square are black Japanese characters written on the aged paper. The paper is yellowed and has a rough texture. The background behind the book is black.