Charming 19th C. Japanese School Child's Semamori Embroidery Practice Booklet vegetable drawings I'm really smitten with this

I'm really smitten with this little painting

all still held taut

A charming old valentine or love note

6 1/2" t x 2 1/2" w x 2 7/8" d

Charming 19th C. Japanese School Child's Semamori Embroidery Practice Booklet vegetable drawings I'm really smitten with thisPurchased from a dealer in Japan, this one is completely after my heart the work of a schoolchild learning to embroider, and specifically to embroider "semamori"emblems of protection, amulets of sorts, made to be sewn into kimono, especially those of children, warding off evil spirits. So this is sort of like a sampler, sort of like a child's sewing lessons book (for practicing seams, button holes, etc.), and with the feel of a Froebel kindergarten