The colour-prints of Japan : an appreciation and history
Edward Fairbrother Strange's 1904 London survey of Japanese colour prints, published by A. Siegle and illustrated with reproductions of ukiyo-e works. The plates show a kabuki-style actor under a parasol, actors in female and male roles, a summer evening by the Sumida River, and a black-and-white bridge with a rowing boat. For a designer, they offer strong flat silhouettes, bold black masses against pale ground, and figures placed in simple spatial bands.
