TANAKA KIKUO (D.1884)

TANAKA KIKUO (D.1884)

MEIJI PERIOD, C.1881

Iroha-biki mon cho (Album of Family Crests Arranged in Alphabetical Order), a Japanese illustrated book in one volume, each page variously printed with mon (coats of arm), the symbols representing each chapters of the Genji Monogatari, or instructions on how to draw various patterns, approx. 278 pages, 3cm x 7.3cm x 15.7cm.