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Color Sample Book

NHK Educational

NHK Educational
Tokyo, Japan

The Tabata family has been doing yūzen dyeing in Kyoto for more than 200 years.
The family’s color sample books have colors in them that have been used for dyeing by generations of family artisans.
The books contain tens of thousands of colors.

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  • Title: Color Sample Book
  • Original Source: Tabata the art of dyeing laboratory
  • Photographer: Tadayuki Minamoto
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