Color woodcut measuring mm 270x205; chuban format. Floral fabric decorations for making kimonos. Kawarazaki Shodo (Kodo), born 1889, was a painter and printmaker specializing in floral subjects in Kyoto; he studied the art of yuzen dyeing, a traditional Kyoto craft, under Yamamoto Sekkei. He also studied Japanese painting under Shibahara, although it was his real master Kishyo who helped cultivate Shodo's original expressive style. Kawarazaki was associated with the publisher Unsodo, which has continued his business to this day. Most of his woodcuts were produced in the 1950s, driven by an increased demand for handmade Japanese woodcuts by American occupation forces. Zuancho is the Japanese name for design books used in the Kyoto textile industry between 1890 and 1940. The word zu-an-cho means: Zu ( design or drawing) + An (idea) + Cho = Book of design ideas. Very good copy. Black seal of the author.