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諸職必携花鳥画譜

三輪逸次郎 画 · 1890 · いろは書房 · 32 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) of flower-and-bird designs, illustrated by Miwa Itsujirō and published by Iroha Shobō in 1890 as a handbook for craftsmen. Its pages show birds perched among blossoms, pine, and grasses in sparse black-and-white line, with Japanese captions beside the images; a designer might take its compact motif arrangements and economical ink-line silhouettes as models for pattern and small decorative work.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library