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Ōyō Sketchbook (Ōyō manga) : [volume 1]

Ogino, Issui · 1903 · Kyoto : Yamada Unsōdō 山田芸艸堂 · 14 pictures

Ōyō Sketchbook volume 1 is a Japanese pattern-design manual by Ogino Issui, published in Kyoto by Yamada Unsōdō in 1903, aimed at artists and craftworkers seeking decorative motifs. Its pictures are flat stencil-like prints of circles, animals, plants, and vessels in few colours, showing how simplified shapes and repeated bands can be reduced to bold graphic forms.

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