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石川和助 編 · 1880 · 石川和助 · 8 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Ishikawa Wasuke and published by him in 1880, presumably for a general reading public. Its pictures are monochrome woodblock-style prints of indoor scenes with kimono-clad women and men, fans bearing calligraphy, sliding screens and shoji windows. A designer might take from them the strong black silhouettes, patterned textiles, and the compositional device of cropping interiors around a large dark fan shape.

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