Charming 19th C. Japanese School Child's Semamori Embroidery Practice Booklet midcentury art holding the pen

holding the pen

and this theorem-style watercolor captures three of them in all of their soft and lush blooming beauty

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Charming 19th C. Japanese School Child's Semamori Embroidery Practice Booklet midcentury art holding the penPurchased 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