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Re:Hokusai Moyo Gafu: an album of dyeing patterns by PaulHoule on Monday June 09, 2025 @11:24AM (#44225434)
The Metropolitan Museum has books of fabric samples for kimonos with colorful and complex patterns but unfortunately I could only find pictures of kimonos:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/354838

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=kimono+jap...

People had kimonos with crazy prints throughout the Heian, warring states and Tokugawa periods.

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Re:Hokusai Moyo Gafu: an album of dyeing patterns by 0xbadcafebee on Monday June 09, 2025 @12:06PM (#44225905)
Nice! I haven't seen these before, woodblock prints depicting foreigners in Japan: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=kimono+jap...

I think this is my favorite, Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73415

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