Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) stone cut print and everything in between

and everything in between

complete with paper lanterns hanging from the awnings-- and it looks like the couple here are quite enjoying themselves

it's in very good vintage condition

and sense of being specific individuals

There is an obvious stain to the paper along the right side

Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) stone cut print and everything in betweenA year or two ago I purchased a handful of Japanese cobbler's patterns from a dealer friend in Maine and have sold them over time; this one is the last. What I know is that they were brought back from Japan years ago, retrieved from the archive of a shoemaker's workshop long since closed. I don't know enough about shoe or boot construction to read this as a pattern, but believe the quilt like collaging of silver and gold paper and blue and white