Purchased from a dealer in Japan, this one is completely after my heart - the work of a schoolchild learning to embroider, and specifically to embroider "semamori"—emblems of protection, amulets of sorts, made to be sewn into kimono, especially those of children, warding off evil spirits. So this is sort of like a sampler, sort of like a child's sewing lessons book (for practicing seams, button holes, etc.), and with the feel of a Froebel kindergarten album of yarn drawings, too. Naively done in the best of ways, charming all the way through, and so much better and more rich in color and nuancr in person, a very immediate and tactile thing!
7 1/2" x 4". 13 page folio, with recto and verso embroidered on each (so 26 pages of embroideries.) Overall very good antique condition, with a few little worm holes as documented. No lost stitches or notable tears, etc, all pages well bound.
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