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An historical sketch of nishiki and kinran brocades; with a catalog on one hundred and twenty rare specimens dating from 1400 to 1812 A. D. (1914)

Nomura, Shojiro, Sargent, Porter, Copley Society (Boston, Mass.) · Boston [N. Sawyer & son, inc., printers] · leaf 11

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Silk-Worm Culture, Spinning and Weaving From a Rare Set of 12 Prints by Utamaro The order , as in all Oriental countries , z'r from right to left Scraping the silk-worm eggs off of the paper, upon which they have been deposited, 1. into the box for hatching. This is done with a feather so as not to… … 654 Removing with a feather the dried leaves from the trays. The method of shelving 4- the trays on racks may be seen in the background of the print. Feeding whole mulberry leaves to the nearly full-grown caterpillars. 5- Examining trays of freshly spun cocoons. 6. 9

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