(diese Zusammenstellung entbehrt jeden Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit, für weiterführende Hinweise ist der Autor dankbar – this compilation lacks any pretense of completeness, the author is grateful for additonal references)
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Maruyama, Nobuhiko; Jidai o kataru senshoku – sumiga no aru kinsei no senshoku (Fabrics of History – Premodern Textiles with Inscriptions). Sasô 1997.
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