Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 1-10 (Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 9]

Matsumoto, Fūko, 1840-1923 · 1892 · Tokyo : Ōkura Yasugorō 大倉保五郎 : Ōkura Shoten 大倉書店 · 3 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated history journal, volume 9 of an early issue run, made by the artist Matsumoto Fūko and published in Tokyo in 1892 by Ōkura Shoten for general readers of Japanese history. The pages are monochrome ink-and-wash drawings: one spread shows a long-haired court woman beside a screen and hanging curtains, a close view of a woman with long black hair and a shuttered screen, and a landscape of pines and mountains with small figures. A designer could draw on the spare line work, pale wash, open white margins and the sparse compositional use of empty space.

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