a rare Japanese art book titled "Katazome" with 84 antique large fragments of textiles, mainly printed by katazome (stencil), from the Meiji and Taisho periods. Edition of 300 numbered copies, copy no. 79. Japanese style string binding with cloth chitsu case with ivory clasps. Published by Shikosha, Kyoto, in 1976. Size 30x23 cm. Very good conditions. Compiled by Yoshioka Sachio (1946-) a dyer and scholar on Japanese textiles, fifth generation of master dyers and weavers founded in 1840s by Yoshioka Jinnosuke.