In various formats and sizes, some quite large, many folding. [Kyoto & Tokyo: ca. 1910].

The Masumiya Kyoto Textile Company, owned by the Saito family, was located on Muromachi-dori in the textile district of Kyoto, Nishijin. The company was founded in the early Edo period and lasted ten generations; it went bankrupt sometime in the middle of the 20th century due to family neglect. Masumiya was a textile wholesaler, with a branch in Nihonbashi, Tokyo (this branch used the name Saito Mohei Tokyo ten). The company specialized in the design and creation of rich silk brocades for kimono and obi belts, religious... More