a very fine Japanese deluxe portfolio, Asuka Moyo (Asuka Pattern), complete with ten loose plates of kimono and obi designs, compiled by Nagai Toyotaro , published in 1933 by the textile section of the famous department store Matsuzakaya. High quality woodblock printing with metallic pigments and embossing. Complete with original case 39x29 cm bound in silk with a wisteria pattern in Rimpa style painted or stencilled by hand. Limited edition of 100 copies, copy no. 22. Another copy of this portfolio is illustrated in Terry Satsuki Milhaupt. Kimono: a Modern History. London 2014, illus.121-122.