A Japanese-language textbook on practical weaving and fabric design (Jitsuyo hataori-ho, first volume) by Yokoi Torao, reviewed by Kōriki Naohiro. It covers loom weaving fundamentals, the three basic weaves (plain, twill, satin), design paper and drafting, heddle threading, and fancy and mixed weaves. It also treats double and multiple-layer cloths, pile fabrics (velvet, terry loops, carpet), leno and gauze weaves, and dobby looms. Later chapters deal with warp sizing, warping, yarn counts, calculations of warp and weft quantities, raw materials (silk, cotton, wool, flax) and identification of fibres. Many pages carry drafts, drawdowns and diagrams; the text is in vertical Japanese with some English terms on the cover.

Volume 2 (Kohen) of Yokoi Torao's Japanese-language textbook on practical weaving, in a 1930 printing (14th edition). It covers figured and patterned weaves (damask, satin figure weaves, gauze and leno types, velvet, brocade), design on point paper including shading and color mixing, calculation of reed and hook ratios, and the construction, setup, tie-up and card punching of Jacquard and related pattern looms. The book includes many drawdowns, loom diagrams, calculation examples and a photograph of a Jacquard machine, plus an index.

A Japanese-language technical manual by Yokoi Torao, the sequel (Zokuhen) to his Practical Weaving, published by Maruzen (this is the 9th printing, 1931, of a work first issued in 1914). It covers fabric classification and naming, manufacturing methods for silk, cotton, mixed and wool fabrics (taffeta, crepe, habutae, brocade, satin-figured, velvet, ikat, serge and others), with yarn counts, reed numbers, threading and treadling instructions. It also treats fabric finishing, sizing and chemicals, power looms and their mechanisms (shedding, picking, take-up, warp protection, Jacquard), mill building layout, calculations for pulleys and costs, and appendices of yarn and cost tables. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings of machinery.